Our family is asking for help during one of the most difficult seasons of our lives.

Our mom, Traccie, has been battling Multiple Myeloma, a rare blood cancer, for the past year. Despite the diagnosis and difficult treatments, she has faced it with incredible strength and determination. Through chemotherapy, pain, and exhaustion, she continued working and caring for the people around her because that’s simply who she is.

Now her fight is entering its most difficult stage.

Next month, Traccie will begin an intensive stem cell transplant along with high-dose chemotherapy as part of her treatment. This procedure requires chemotherapy strong enough to wipe out her immune system before rebuilding it with healthy stem cells. It is a critical step in fighting her cancer, but it is also one of the most physically demanding treatments a person can endure.

For at least six months, Traccie will be unable to work as she focuses entirely on treatment and recovery. During this time, our dad will also be traveling frequently to Ann Arbor to stay by her side and support her throughout the transplant process.

While we are incredibly grateful this treatment is available, it comes with overwhelming challenges. The combination of lost income, medical expenses, travel costs, and everyday living expenses will place a heavy financial burden on our family during an already emotional time.

Traccie has always been the person who shows up for others offering encouragement, helping those in need, and putting others before herself. Now we are asking for help on her behalf.

If you are able to donate, any amount truly makes a difference. Even a small gift of $5–$20 helps more than you know and helps carry our family through this difficult time.

If donating isn’t possible, sharing this fundraiser, offering meals or gas cards, or keeping Traccie in your thoughts and prayers would also mean so much to our family. She also has a Venmo and Cashapp.

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for standing with Traccie during this fight. Your kindness will help carry our family through the hardest fight of her life.