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Fae needs a hand or three

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I've been putting this off for months, hoping we could keep things going without asking already over-stretched friends for help, but I'm afraid we're running out of viable options. I'm seeking extra work, and even sometimes finding it, but expenses are piling up faster than income can be found, and I can't just not pay other professionals because I'm having trouble. 

On top of the difficulties I've been facing with general under-employment and some medical bills for long-needed care, I am now dealing with legal bills. I was...let's call it 'strongly encouraged' to seek experienced help for responding to allegations that I have mis-used my professional license. (I sought legal counsel on the advice of a respected member of my profession - massage therapy - and two other lawyers who were notified of the situation and aware of the background that it arose out of. The allegations are false, but proving a negative is one of those mind-bendy-not-really-possible things, so it's a bit tricky to put together my response.) 
The lawyer's bill is already over $500, and that will more than double within a week, due to another planned meeting and more time going over materials both with and without me. By the end of the month, I expect it will have tripled, and while I hope to not need the wonderful helpful lawyer in the future, I wish to leave a small retainer with her if at all possible, in case of further problems. 

Meanwhile, I finally have health insurance (yay!), which means monthly payments (not quite so yay), and having to deal with things like deductibles and co-insurance and out-of-pocket maximums (truly not yay). 

So, here's what I'm asking for: Any financial help people are willing and able to give without putting themselves or loved ones at risk. I know many people I dearly care for are barely holding on themselves, and I don't want to be why someone can't make rent themselves, please.  I will need to pay at least 1.5K for legal bills, owe roughly 300 in medical bills with much more to come, and am just generally floundering trying to pay basic bills like rent and keeping the cats fed.
(They say good photos help a campaign, how about cute-but-not-good ones? Hey, look at this blurry photo of my elderly pocket cougar! Cheyenne is very sweet, but in kidney failure, and his food is more expensive by weight than most of ours is at this point.) 

Here's what else I'm asking for: my friends to continue to be wonderfully patient with me while I'm so tangled up in personal and family crises that I seem to have fallen off the planet. I care! I promise! Eventually I'll be able to demonstrate it again for more than a few minutes at a time. 

If you have an ear or shoulder to spare, i can probably really use that, too. 

tl;dr Oh good grief lawyers are expensive, and I have a big bill I will need to pay off while trying to defend my livelihood. Help? 

If a donor requests that their donation be used specifically for medical care, or legal bills, or some other restriction (vet bills? chocolate emergencies?), I will honor that to the greatest extent possible. 

Note to people who have found this through mutual friends or further afield, have no way to be sure if this is legitimate, yet still read this far: Thanks for reading! If you were told of my needing help by a mutual friend or aquaintance, and would like to know more details or actually communicate with me in person before you offer me a donation, please feel free to ask said friend or aquaintance for a way to contact me, and I will happily answer what questions I can (relevant ones, anyway - the less relevant ones may or may not get timely responses other than "blueberry").

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Fae Townsend
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Columbia, MO

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