Three Months To Leave The Home We Love

Hi! Just wanted to say as a reminder that the Spotfund campaign for my wife and I is still active. This crowdfund aims to helps us leave our home safely and prepare to live in our car, as best we can, while I remain employed full-time at the USPS. We really do not want to live in our car. The health toll on Lilly will be very rough, to say it politely. But we seem to have no other options.

This is our Spotfund link to share: spot.fund/HomeWeLove

Past donations and an extra paycheck this July have allowed us to stay homed one extra month instead of giving 30-days notice, which we must do next month, August, if nothing changes. Very grateful for this extra month. I am so behind on packing, and choosing what to store and what to sell, that its mind boggling. My plucky imagination led me to believe that I would have all the energy necessary to easily get this job done even after working full-time, providing medical care duties for Lilly, and doing all the home upkeep chores two people normally do. I thought the panic of living in our car would be powerfully motivating. Nope. Blasted tired every night. Its a slog.

We are still short of our financial goal that might make this transition as easy as it can be. I am humbly asking again for help sharing our campaign with as many people as you know so that increased visibility gets it seen by folks who both want to donate and are able to donate safely. I have been sharing it with unexpected audiences, like the pharmacy that provides Lilly's TPN medicine, or with social media influencers who enjoy helping people like us by sharing crowdfunds with their networks. But so far, no response.

Now, I have about six hours of yard work to get done this Sunday, and then packing after that. Both have to get done whether I have the energy or not. I have let the morning slip by unproductively and procrastinated too long.

Thanks for reading this and helping as you are able.

June 21, 2026

Hello! JT here with a new update featuring some great news and some not great news.  First bit of great news: because of all your donations we have fully covered expenses for May and June.  Yay!!

This has relieved so much stress as Lillyth and I slowly start to pack up. Preparing to move is quite the overwhelming process.  Organizing what we keep, store, or sell in a garage sale has required so much more energy and time than I ever expected.  Plus, I am managing most of this effort while working full-time, and working as Lillyth’s in-home support services caregiver which is basically the job of a nurse’s aide -- a job I have been doing for the past eight years.     

Second, and the other bit of good news, it had entirely escaped my attention until a few days ago that I get an extra paycheck between the months of July and August.  I normally get paid every two weeks, but about once a year there is an extra paycheck within a two-month span. In this case, my extra paycheck happens during July and August. This means I am able to pay rent for July instead of giving notice to move.  So, we get to say homed for one more month, which is amazing!

The not-so great news: while my wife battles her many health issues, and wrestling daily with mobility issues like needing assistance just going to the bathroom, or getting in and out of bed, she was recently prescribed medicine from doctors at UCLA that should have reduced the many migraines she gets. These migraines were caused by a bad head-injury from a fall last year. Instead, the medicine did the opposite. It not only increased the pain of the migraines dramatically; it also ensured the pain never quits even when lying down.  She was told by the doctors that there was nothing to do but wait four weeks for the medicine to hit its half-life and then the migraines would go back to previous levels.  So, having another month to be homed while she endures this is incredibly welcome. 

At this point in our crowdfund campaign, we still have about $2000 to go to meet our last month’s financial goal.  This money will help us pay for storage, a new mail box with a street address, and possibly professional movers to help transport large items to storage like our washer, dryer, and fridge. 

I am ever so grateful for the help and to all who have donated, some of whom have donated multiple times!  Were it not for your assistance, we would have been on the streets in our car weeks ago with most of what we owned sold for pennies just to get it out of the house.

I am asking for one last bit of help to get us safely through this last part: please share our fundraiser with all you know and include a personal note asking those who read it to do the same, or donate if possible.  Thank you all so very, very much.  One day, Lillyth and I hope to be in the position to offer financial assistance to other people in need.  With your help, we will, God willing.