Hello, I’m William and this is my 10-year-old Bulldog & best buddy Kendrick. I am fundraising to help stay afloat during a difficult financial situation for our family. 

For a variety of reasons, primarily being prescribed some medications that I should not have been, along with just some bad timing and circumstances, and yes, absolutely some bad decisions on my part, I’m currently homeless. I’ve lost everything, no car or vehicle, no food, and everything I own locked in a storage unit I cannot get into. I’m very late paying on it, which means come March 10th they will have an auction to sell all my personal belongings. Thank GOD they didn’t hold an auction this month so I still have some time and hope.  I certainly don’t want to lose my belongings, my whole life is in there. But it pains me to admit that’s a secondary priority to keeping a roof over my head and to be able to eat. 

I’ve been staying in a very cheap hotel with my dog for over a month now and the little bit of money I did have was quickly gone to cover the room rate. Haven’t had any water for over 3 weeks. The local animal shelter provided me with dog food I’m so grateful and I eat whatever I can find that day some days nothing. Unfortunately, this is the only option I have until I can get into my own place or into a better situation.

The biggest hurdle is spending an exorbitant amount of time & energy every single day in total survival mode just trying to get through the day. That time & energy could be spent focused on working so I can get myself out of this mess. But I end up spending the bulk of the day to try to rustle up a few bucks to eat, get the prescription medications I do have to take for under-active Thyroid, high blood pressure & depression, or buy toothpaste. Just normal everyday things I never used to worry about at all are now stressful daily worries and challenges, time suckers, and reminders of how far I've fallen and how broke and upside down I am. I’ve picking up aluminum cans, finding things people throw out, fixing it if I can and then trying to sell it on FB marketplace or Offer Up, shoveling snow, picking up garbage, anything I can do to make a few bucks for necessities. I’m physically, mentally & emotionally exhausted. I’m at to the point where I have no other choice but to turn to this kind of option.

I’m candidly pretty embarrassed it’s come to this, but what I didn’t realize until just a few weeks ago is this all started going downhill because of a complete disaster medical misdiagnosis. I’d been taking some prescribed medications that were very much working against me, and I didn’t even know it. I felt totally fine so there was nothing telling me there was something off or wrong, I felt good. All the while my life was steadily falling apart all around me and I couldn't even see it or FEEL it. I stayed positive, optimistic… overly optimistic to the point of nothing bothering me at all and that’s what sucked me down under.

These medications put me in a place mentally where I simply had no emotional response for anything; good or bad. So, nothing worried me or bothered me at all, no anger or frustration or stress at all. It was almost like I just didn’t care about anything at all, because everything seemed fine all the time. Not good or great, just fine. Nothing was ever concerning or cause for worry, nothing made me angry or afraid or upset or anything else. I just kept thinking no big deal, it’s going to be fine, I've got this, I'll figure it out, it’s all good, crap like that! 

Well over a year later and it’s NOT ALL GOOD. I’m down in a big, huge hole I can't see out of, I'm hurting, sad, and full of regret, guilt and shame because I didn't even see any of it.  I lost my job, then my house, then my car, my family and then all of my belongings will be next. 

But I do believe everything happens for a reason with a lesson there if we can see it.  I’m fighting as hard as I can to pick myself back up, focus on what I can control and be the man I once was, but an even better one. I just need some help to get there. 

I humbly ask for any donation you can to help me cover a roof over my head, food and basic necessities so I can get back on my feet. I know it’s tough for a lot of people, it’s not lost on me at all how blessed I am in comparison to a lot of others and for that I'm grateful. I know I'll get out of this hole and back to a place of some stability and normalcy again. I just need some help and support and look forward to being back in the position of being able to help others as you’ve helped me. 

Thank you in advance for anything you can do to help, it all matters so even the smallest donation means the world to me and helps me survive.  I’ve lowered my goal because it’s all I need to do to get me through this. 

I sincerely thank you and appreciate your support, please know this. GOD bless you.

William