April 27, 2026
Hi friends, family, and kind strangers.
My wife Lillyth and I have to leave our home we love. We don't want to but we must. On the single income I earn as a city letter carrier for the US Postal Service, and with my wife disabled and unable to work, we can no longer afford rent. Where we go from here is unknown. We've accepted this. But now we also need help quickly.
What we're asking for is three months of rent so we can exit safely — time for Lillyth to heal from two surgeries she had this April, and time for me to sell most of what we own, arrange storage, and figure out where we go next.
Over the past nine years, Lillyth has faced one health crisis after another — autoimmune diseases, a connective tissue disorder, recurring endometriosis, Lyme disease, bone infections, a broken kneecap, hypothyroidism, and chronic pain that has slowly confined her to our bedroom. While we struggled to overcome these health crisis, we did everything we thought we were supposed to do everywhere else. I worked full-time at the USPS. We budgeted tightly. We borrowed — a lot, until no one would lend to us anymore. We burned through my entire retirement savings. We asked for help when we could, and we kept believing that if we just held on long enough, we'd make it.
We didn't.
After we leave, our plan is what a lot of full-time workers in California end up doing these days: living in our car during the week, renting a cheap motel room on weekends when we can afford it, and trying to pay down debt. I'm also applying for a federal employee emergency loan, but there's no guarantee.
Every option we had is used up. This campaign is the last one we've got. Three months of rent is the difference between leaving our home ready and leaving while my wife can barely make it from her wheelchair to the car we'll be living in.
What that costs:
May : $2,500 (partial rent) -- URGENT now fully funded!
June : $3,500 (full rent) partially funded
July : $2,500 (partial rent + moving expenses)
Total: $8,500
If you can help, please donate and share. It matters more than you know.
