Hello everybody! Thank you for taking a look!

As many of you know to some degree or another, I have had a rough ride recently. Due to circumstances that piled up suddenly, my life exploded on me and I have lost just about everything. It has been a really sad country music ditty.

I lost my ownership share of my business, which, of course, means my job, health insurance and income. I also got out of a really unhealthy long term relationship, leaving me socially isolated.

I was also victimized by hackers and lost access to nearly everything important account.

I ended up isolated and broke, lost my savings, racked up $15,000 (at least) of debt, and my once great credit has been destroyed. I’m literally spending my days getting pinged back and forth between my old bank, utilities and credit cards attempting to recover assets and playing guitar on the streets for a couple bucks.

As a result of all of these pressures, I have suffered a mental health breakdown, while losing access to mental health treatment.

I am very ADHD, and have major depression, both of which are successfully treated by my healthcare when I can access it. Without them, I was not able to really deal, and I spiraled further and further.

I am doing better in that department, however, and I’m setting my sights on starting over.

The only thing keeping me from homelessness right now has been my family, to whom, I am grateful!!

But, there is a light at the end of the tunnel and it ain’t New Jersey! But eventually I will make it there to see my mom.

In the midst of this storm of disruption, I made a reconnection and a spark turned into love.

I had already begun planning a big move. Having lived on both coasts already, I had been looking at the Midwest. I lived in St Louis for a year once and had fallen in love with Michigan.

I became heavily drawn to Detroit!

I am inspired by Detroit’s history, its Motor City peak, and industrial crash and white flight and its current revival! I want to be part of that spirit and have been networking connections with the urban farming community looking for ways to plug in. I have big plans!

I am out of my place in San Diego at the end of July. My credit is shot and I need to get there, with my dog and get a place for us to live. And then we can live happily after.

I just can’t make that all happen at once.

For the first time, I am asking community for help.

I just need to tie up things here and get set up in Detroit and need a hand.