My dear lifelong friend Sherry is fighting cancer again, and this time the battle has taken everything she had. After being laid off, she now has no income, doesn’t qualify for unemployment as an independent contractor, and has drained her savings just to survive. She’s often too weak and nauseated to work or job-hunt, yet she’s facing property taxes, utilities, medical bills, and the cost of caring for her beloved dogs—all while fighting for her life completely alone, without family to lean on. Sherry has always been a kind, generous person who volunteered and helped others when she could, and she still has so much life ahead of her. If you can donate or share, you’ll be helping her keep her home, care for her dogs, and hold on through this devastating chapter.

I’m writing this with a heavy heart for my dear friend Sherry.

Sherry has battled cancer before—and every time, she did it without asking anyone for help. She worked, she saved, she endured quietly. She believed that if she just pushed hard enough, she could carry it all on her own.

This time, cancer has taken more than her strength. It has taken her savings, her job, and her sense of security.

Sherry has some loving family support, but it is limited and fragile. Her daughter helps when she can, but lives over an hour away, works long hours, and cannot respond quickly in emergencies. Living in the mountains of Colorado means long, dangerous roads, especially in winter, making every urgent situation harder. Her aunt recently paid for critical car repairs, but she is on a fixed income, and the cost was a serious strain. Sherry is deeply grateful for her family, but she no longer has anyone she can realistically turn to for ongoing help. Right now, she urgently needs the kindness of strangers and friends to get through this.

Right now, Sherry is often too weak and nauseated to get through the day. She was recently laid off and has no income. Because she worked as an independent contractor, she doesn’t qualify for unemployment benefits. Her savings are gone, spent on medical bills and basic survival.

She wants to work. She wants to stand on her own again. But her body simply won’t let her yet.

And she is doing all of this alone.

Sherry is an orphan. She has no parents, no grandparents, no siblings to lean on. There is no family safety net. The only constant companions she has are her dogs—the ones who stay close to her when the days are hardest, the ones she still somehow finds the strength to care for.

Sherry owns her home, but that doesn’t mean she’s safe. Property taxes, utilities, medical bills, food, and pet care are becoming impossible to manage with no income. The fear of losing basic stability while fighting cancer is something no one should have to face.

In her healthier years, Sherry was the kind of person who gave back. She volunteered. She helped others when she could. She was generous in quiet ways that most people never saw. She never imagined she would one day be the one asking for help.

Sherry is a good person. She is kind, funny, thoughtful, and stubborn in the way only fighters are. She still has so much life to live, so many ordinary days she deserves to reach.

Right now, she doesn’t need miracles. She needs time. Time to heal. Time to breathe. Time to survive this chapter without losing everything she worked so hard for.

Your donation—no matter how small—will help Sherry pay property taxes, keep the lights and heat on, cover medical expenses, and care for her dogs while she fights for her life.

If you can give, thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

If you can share, you may reach someone who can help.

And if you read this and feel moved, please know that your compassion matters.

Let’s help Sherry hold on to her home, her dignity, and her future.

Here’s a very rough budget:

Property taxes: $2,000–$3,000/year

→ ~$167–$250 per month.

• Utilities (electric, gas, water, internet, phone): $300–$600/month

• Food & basics: $300–$500/month

• Medical costs (copays, meds, transport): $400–$1,200/month

• Dogs (food + vet avg): $150–$400/month