I got you back home! ...Now what?
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My daughter left home in 2013 to be with her partner in Las Vegas, Nevada and for a while... It was okay, but as time went on I noticed that something was changing in my daughter. She was becoming distant, and avoidant towards me... For a while I had convinced myself that she might have in fact hated me, and was trying to ignore me; but now in 2017 almost 5 years later I finally got a piece of the story that I was missing.
My daughter was not being treated fairly to say the least, I'll spare the hairy details in this GoFundMe as she has requested that we don't blow this up publically until she is ready to tell her story. To make a 5 year long story short, my daughter was being manipulated and mentally abused into staying in situation after situation; she was unable to come home and everytime she would bring it up she was met with more and more serious manipulation, her partner would go so far as to self-harm to 'prove' that she could not be without my daughter... Again, it goes much deeper than this; but out of respect for my daughters wishes, I will not be divulging the details.
This September, I was contacted by a friend of my daughter, who informed me of the entire situation; and I took action. I called the LVPD and had my daughter removed from the home and taken to the Greyhound station in Las Vegas, Nevada. I paid out of pocket to have her put on a bus from Las Vegas, to Bangor in Maine where I decided I would be picking her up myself. Picking her up myself meant that I would have to drive from my home in Conception Bay South, Newfoundland to the Ferry docks in Port Aux Basques, Newfoundland where I would have to take a Ferry to Sydeny, Novascotia and then drive through Newbrunswick, over the Canadian Border and into Maine. And I've never even driven out of the city by myself, so this was a massive roadblock for me to put aside my Chronic Pain just to drive All night, and All day to pick up my daughter. In total, we drove for 5 and a half days, nonstop. It was filled with tears, screams and I couldn't even afford to eat to while I was there; not that I would be able to do due to the stress.
I paid for all of this out of pocket, even though I was promised compensation by Justice Canada it hasn't come through, I've been tossed around by just about every company, and it's been more than enough mental anguish to drive anyone to drink.
On top of having to pay for this out of pocket, during my daughters Greyhound trip they lost her baggage; and within her baggage was her Canadian Passport, her MCP card, her Birth Certificate and her Social Insurance Number. We received her backage today after paying over $300 to have it shipped back to Newfoundland ontop of $100 in taxi fees between picking up her bags and having them driven all around Bangor trying to find a place that would even accept to ship on behalf of Greyhound, we found out that there are several things missing from her bag, including her indentification; which at this point is declared stolen. The other missing items can be replaced, as can her identification but honestly the mental scars from this whole situation are going to last much longer.
I've exhausted my savings, and as a woman who is disabled and living on very little pension, I'm not sure what to do anymore, so I'm reaching out to you for help. I just want to be able to afford replacing what my daughter and I have lost in this ordeal, anything, even a dollar is extremely helpful and I thank you all for even considering from the bottom of my heart.
My daughter was not being treated fairly to say the least, I'll spare the hairy details in this GoFundMe as she has requested that we don't blow this up publically until she is ready to tell her story. To make a 5 year long story short, my daughter was being manipulated and mentally abused into staying in situation after situation; she was unable to come home and everytime she would bring it up she was met with more and more serious manipulation, her partner would go so far as to self-harm to 'prove' that she could not be without my daughter... Again, it goes much deeper than this; but out of respect for my daughters wishes, I will not be divulging the details.
This September, I was contacted by a friend of my daughter, who informed me of the entire situation; and I took action. I called the LVPD and had my daughter removed from the home and taken to the Greyhound station in Las Vegas, Nevada. I paid out of pocket to have her put on a bus from Las Vegas, to Bangor in Maine where I decided I would be picking her up myself. Picking her up myself meant that I would have to drive from my home in Conception Bay South, Newfoundland to the Ferry docks in Port Aux Basques, Newfoundland where I would have to take a Ferry to Sydeny, Novascotia and then drive through Newbrunswick, over the Canadian Border and into Maine. And I've never even driven out of the city by myself, so this was a massive roadblock for me to put aside my Chronic Pain just to drive All night, and All day to pick up my daughter. In total, we drove for 5 and a half days, nonstop. It was filled with tears, screams and I couldn't even afford to eat to while I was there; not that I would be able to do due to the stress.
I paid for all of this out of pocket, even though I was promised compensation by Justice Canada it hasn't come through, I've been tossed around by just about every company, and it's been more than enough mental anguish to drive anyone to drink.
On top of having to pay for this out of pocket, during my daughters Greyhound trip they lost her baggage; and within her baggage was her Canadian Passport, her MCP card, her Birth Certificate and her Social Insurance Number. We received her backage today after paying over $300 to have it shipped back to Newfoundland ontop of $100 in taxi fees between picking up her bags and having them driven all around Bangor trying to find a place that would even accept to ship on behalf of Greyhound, we found out that there are several things missing from her bag, including her indentification; which at this point is declared stolen. The other missing items can be replaced, as can her identification but honestly the mental scars from this whole situation are going to last much longer.
I've exhausted my savings, and as a woman who is disabled and living on very little pension, I'm not sure what to do anymore, so I'm reaching out to you for help. I just want to be able to afford replacing what my daughter and I have lost in this ordeal, anything, even a dollar is extremely helpful and I thank you all for even considering from the bottom of my heart.
Organizer and beneficiary
Laura Lee Smith
Organizer
Conception Bay South, NL
Meagan Comerford
Beneficiary
