It's been over a year now since my family and I were made homeless due to an illegal eviction, one that saw us having all our worldly goods, financial documents, identity papers, clothes and even the ashes of my father and aunt thrown into a dumpster followed by a nearly endless list of trials and tribulations that seemed insurmountable at times.
We've managed to ekk out an existence that has both changed us for the better and also changed my worldview at times for the better and other times for the worst, but thru it all has shown us that there are still good hearted, generous, caring people left in this world... They are simply few and far between anymore, as sad as that is too have to write it's almost been a universal truth in this journey of ours.
Presently we're blessed enough to be at an extended stay in Orlando off of O.B.T. but we are still very much in danger of finding ourselves right back where we left, a cold and leaky tent on the east side of Orange county struggling to feed ourselves and just survive. My mother is now entirely dependent upon both myself and a wheelchair, when this journey started she was able to get around using a walker but a slip and fall at a previous extended stay has left her incapable of standing for any longer than a few seconds at most. She is also nearly 100 percent blind due to cataracts in both eyes and as such us not comfortable with being left alone or with anyone other than myself or my significant other who is autistic.
We don't need much, a hand up really, my mother collects social security every month which has thus far paid for the extended stay but we are always in need of food, clothes, medical supplies(her wheelchair needs replacing and we need to get her her need knee replacement surgery as well as cataract surgery), I need a laptop to do remote work as well as keep my business alive, dog food and general supplies and I'd love to give my mother and SO a real Christmas this year rather than another one spent homeless, penniless and without food or hope like that last one we spent in the woods. My mother has come to believe she is not only unloved but that she'll leave this world as a lonely old lady with no friends, no loved ones, and in a tent with nobody to mourn her. I want to show her there are still caring, loving people left in this world that would do anything to raise her spirits and see her enjoy her golden years
If you can donate even the change from a cup of coffee that's more than enough, if enough people can find it in their hearts to donate that change then I know that it's possible to get my mother a new wheelchair and so much more! Please if you can not find it in your heart to donate then please share this fundraiser, it takes but a second to share. Thank you in advance, God bless.
