We Need Your Help To Find a Home

Friends, this is the last thing that I wanted to do. As many know, we had such high hopes when we started the journey to relocate in June. The three of us, including T's Dad, had endured a lot. But Tim took shot after shot in court, trying to get the deed to the home that was rightfully his. He finally got it and found a buyer - but that posed more problems.

Onward we went, anyway. And it was disastrous. A beloved cat bolted in Elkton, Maryland. We lost Tigger to the woods behind a motel. Then we didn't recognize old stomping grounds. We felt disconnected...Tim had been used to finding a place to live with a handshake. He felt like a failure because he couldn't find a home for us. It wasn't all up to him, of course - I tried to find a simple apartment community - but we were both taken aback at the discrimination that confronted us. All of what I am describing took a toll on T's Dad...and I finally had to call for the help that he needed. Multiple hospitals knew that he was in trouble - but none of them had answers as to how to prescribe psychiatric drugs with his strong heart meds that preserve his life. Remember that he had both open heart surgery and pacemaker replacement several years ago. He also had cancer surgery and he is enduring other ailments.

Tim is now with family in Delaware - but T and I couldn't find anywhere to live in two states. Without that third income, there wasn't enough. So we had to make the excruciating decision to move back to Brevard County - where the turf was more familiar and the rents a little more forgiving.

We're in a hotel, bleeding what money we have left. We had a sizable chunk to start but we needed to be both practical and safe on the road - so Ma here did what she could to balance.

I was offered a good job in Business Development in Melbourne and they are working with me about when to start. This is great, of course, but I need to find a home for T and our fur babies. Rents ARE better in this part of Florida, especially during the Summer, but there are fees, taxes and pet deposits - as well as security deposits. I cannot look at anything beyond $1300 a month for now - with Social Security and T's disability income - we would be able to function. But it's this HUMP to conquer. Getting into a simple rental...you would think it should be easy (it used to be) but it's not.

When we all lived together, we tried to pull our weight to help one another. Now it's up to me to take care of every detail - with an eye on keeping room for Tim when he feels better. I can finally work full-time with no looking over my shoulder - with an ethical company that has no ageist agenda.

There's just one more thing that I need help in getting: a safe place for T and me as we start over. I have exhausted every other road and exhausted myself as a result. I can't get sick now because T has to get himself in gear and live independently. We need a place for him to start that process. He's looking everywhere for work and the goal is for him to take over while I am at work, handling what he can.

If you can help us get past hotel life into a home where T can start planning his independence, we would be eternally grateful. I can then start to re-build credit and pay off overdue debts. I am not leaving this world unless I do!

Thank you for always paying attention. My amazing son and I feel loved - you have a lot for Tim, too. He felt it deeply and often expressed that. Keep praying for him.

I really hate to do this - but now you know why. God bless you.