Help Julia Butterfly Hill Get Hips!
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Dear Friends,
i am so blown away by the generosity of loving support, that i find myself at a loss for words.
While in Luna, i realized that often times it is the most incredible moments for which there are no words. This is one of those times.
But i will try anyway. ;)
i can barely even wrap my head around what has just happened with your support. What i thought would take months to raise, you all gave in 3 days. Your generosity and love has not only blown my mind, but has also blown my heart wide open.
Once my surgery is done and i am recovered, every step free of pain that i ever take again in my life will be because of you; i will literally have you with me through the rest of my life! ;)
For so many years, i have been giving everything i have to the causes i care about. At the same time i have been struggling with crazy illnesses one after the other; being misdiagnosed and feeling like i was chasing a ghost in my body, and spending 10's of thousands on every kind of treatment, clinic, and doctor imaginable before finally finding out in 2015 that what it has been all along was Lyme Disease, which was able to set in because of severe heavy metal poisoning, which i did over a year of chelation to get rid of.
Add all of that to growing pain in my body from my hip dysplasia, only to then be rear-ended at the end of 2014 which has caused the worse pain of my entire life. i have not had one day free of pain since that time.
It has been one overwhelming health and physical challenge after another. And nearly all of what has actually helped me manage all the pain and illness has not been covered by insurance. Rolfing, acupuncture, chiropractic, supplements, tinctures, paying to stay at clinics, iv drips, etc.... infinitum and the list goes on-- not to mention the co-pays of the things insurance does cover like physical therapy, doctors, and specialists, etc...
So at the very same time, my capacity to work and earn income was reduced almost to nothing, my expenses have piled up higher and higher.
Some supporters have said, "Julia, please change your goal to higher so we can help and support even more to help get you out of the medical debt you are in and help with other ongoing treatments that have kept you in debt."
i thought about the incredibly kind and loving desire to help above and beyond (even as i write this, there is already $445 above the goal already raised.)
After thinking about it and talking with some of the people who asked i do that, i have decided not to change the goal-- because you all did it!!!! You helped me soar in a way that i have not felt in such a long time. Every time i let it actually in what you all have done for me, i start crying all over again (and do you realize how hard that makes it to type this ?!? ;)
What i am going to do though is keep the campaign live for a little while longer as every single dollar that continues to come in helps me dig my way out from massive medical bills. And each layer i can free myself from means that much more freedom to eventually be able to be more in service in the way i love which is so deeply important to me.
If you feel so inspired, please do share this message with your community of friends in case they would want to be part of this truly magical effort.
Your generosity has moved mountains for me. i was reflecting on when i was struggling to make it up the mountain to Luna with a massive backpack loaded with supplies. i SO wanted to give up before i had even made it to Luna. But the Universe reminded me, "One step at a time Julia, that is how you climb a mountain."
Well this time, i only had to take one step (which was so incredibly hard for me) and that was to reach out to you, my community of friends and support, and ask for your help. And then instead of hiking up the mountain, each step was one of you giving your love and kindness. Together we soared up that mountain. Soared.
i have felt so battered and worn and struggling with such despondency and wanting to give up for so long now. You have transformed my life even before the surgery will even happen.
My words of gratitude will never feel enough, but i hope you can feel my heart from across how ever many miles there are physically between us.
In this season where many focus on giving, you have given me love, kindness, and real and deeply meaningful support that will continue to give to me now and for the rest of my life.
Although Thank You seems incredibly insignificant in this moment, Thank You. Thank you for your love. Thank You for kindness. Thank you for your support. Thank You to those who sent sweet messages and pictures too. It has been such a humbling gift to read your words... and to let them in. To let all of this miracle and magic in.
And Thank You to my friend Wini, who set up this page for me. i am so technologically challenged that it probably would have taken me until December 10th to even get the page live! ;)
From the depths of my heart, my deepest gratitude and love to each and every one of you.
And of course...
Hip Hip Hooray!!! :)
So much love,
julia
i am so blown away by the generosity of loving support, that i find myself at a loss for words.
While in Luna, i realized that often times it is the most incredible moments for which there are no words. This is one of those times.
But i will try anyway. ;)
i can barely even wrap my head around what has just happened with your support. What i thought would take months to raise, you all gave in 3 days. Your generosity and love has not only blown my mind, but has also blown my heart wide open.
Once my surgery is done and i am recovered, every step free of pain that i ever take again in my life will be because of you; i will literally have you with me through the rest of my life! ;)
For so many years, i have been giving everything i have to the causes i care about. At the same time i have been struggling with crazy illnesses one after the other; being misdiagnosed and feeling like i was chasing a ghost in my body, and spending 10's of thousands on every kind of treatment, clinic, and doctor imaginable before finally finding out in 2015 that what it has been all along was Lyme Disease, which was able to set in because of severe heavy metal poisoning, which i did over a year of chelation to get rid of.
Add all of that to growing pain in my body from my hip dysplasia, only to then be rear-ended at the end of 2014 which has caused the worse pain of my entire life. i have not had one day free of pain since that time.
It has been one overwhelming health and physical challenge after another. And nearly all of what has actually helped me manage all the pain and illness has not been covered by insurance. Rolfing, acupuncture, chiropractic, supplements, tinctures, paying to stay at clinics, iv drips, etc.... infinitum and the list goes on-- not to mention the co-pays of the things insurance does cover like physical therapy, doctors, and specialists, etc...
So at the very same time, my capacity to work and earn income was reduced almost to nothing, my expenses have piled up higher and higher.
Some supporters have said, "Julia, please change your goal to higher so we can help and support even more to help get you out of the medical debt you are in and help with other ongoing treatments that have kept you in debt."
i thought about the incredibly kind and loving desire to help above and beyond (even as i write this, there is already $445 above the goal already raised.)
After thinking about it and talking with some of the people who asked i do that, i have decided not to change the goal-- because you all did it!!!! You helped me soar in a way that i have not felt in such a long time. Every time i let it actually in what you all have done for me, i start crying all over again (and do you realize how hard that makes it to type this ?!? ;)
What i am going to do though is keep the campaign live for a little while longer as every single dollar that continues to come in helps me dig my way out from massive medical bills. And each layer i can free myself from means that much more freedom to eventually be able to be more in service in the way i love which is so deeply important to me.
If you feel so inspired, please do share this message with your community of friends in case they would want to be part of this truly magical effort.
Your generosity has moved mountains for me. i was reflecting on when i was struggling to make it up the mountain to Luna with a massive backpack loaded with supplies. i SO wanted to give up before i had even made it to Luna. But the Universe reminded me, "One step at a time Julia, that is how you climb a mountain."
Well this time, i only had to take one step (which was so incredibly hard for me) and that was to reach out to you, my community of friends and support, and ask for your help. And then instead of hiking up the mountain, each step was one of you giving your love and kindness. Together we soared up that mountain. Soared.
i have felt so battered and worn and struggling with such despondency and wanting to give up for so long now. You have transformed my life even before the surgery will even happen.
My words of gratitude will never feel enough, but i hope you can feel my heart from across how ever many miles there are physically between us.
In this season where many focus on giving, you have given me love, kindness, and real and deeply meaningful support that will continue to give to me now and for the rest of my life.
Although Thank You seems incredibly insignificant in this moment, Thank You. Thank you for your love. Thank You for kindness. Thank you for your support. Thank You to those who sent sweet messages and pictures too. It has been such a humbling gift to read your words... and to let them in. To let all of this miracle and magic in.
And Thank You to my friend Wini, who set up this page for me. i am so technologically challenged that it probably would have taken me until December 10th to even get the page live! ;)
From the depths of my heart, my deepest gratitude and love to each and every one of you.
And of course...
Hip Hip Hooray!!! :)
So much love,
julia
Organizer
Julia Hill
Organizer
Grass Valley, CA