Hi, my name is Daisy, and I'm starting this fundraiser to help my friend Amanda. She became suddenly disabled last year and has been unable to work. She is now facing the possibility of being homeless and she really needs help. I met Amanda more than 10 years ago at a show and we became friends through Ska music. You've probably seen her and her signature mohawk at a Pietasters or Slackers show if u live in or around Virginia. She's always been a kind person to me, and she is deserving of help in this time. Please consider donating to prevent her from becoming homeless. I reached out to her after seeing a Facebook post and told her that I could help her set up this LFEBridge. All the money raised will go toward her various medical bills and to help her find a new place to live. Here's what she has to say: It's been over a year of living in absolute hell. I went to bed feeling perfectly fine one night over a year ago and woke up unable to walk properly anymore or see straight. Thankfully my best friend/roommate immediately drove me to the hospital and I got horrible news. I have volume loss in my brain (my brain eating itself, completely black spot in MRI) exactly where I was dropped crowd surfing at a show years ago. I have a dent in that spot on my skull but it had never affected my life noticably until that morning and every day since. My memory is all but non existent. Sometimes I'm scared to even stand up and making it to the bathroom in time, however embarrassing to say, is a victory every time. I spent a while at the beginning in diapers Incase I didn't make it in time. Most of the time I could not. No embarrassment here, just full disclosure. My life will never be the same. And now my roommate and I are losing our townhouse in less than a week from this original posting. It's likely been sold out from under us already by the time you read this. I have never been more scared in my life. I never thought I would be disabled for the rest of my life starting immediately after turning 30. My life has been a living nightmare every day since the worst morning I've ever woken up to. And it never gets any easier every single day since. Speaking of nightmares, that is exclusively what I dream every night when I do. Although I can only recall them for a few minutes upon waking the pain and fear from them doesn't leave. I don't know what life has in store for me, or how to survive any aspect of this. I can't remember the last day I've went without crying. All I know is that Ive been diagnosed with depression for over half my life, but the rest of that time before now might as well have been a walk through a field of flowers. I wake up forgetting for half a second just how broken I am in every single way, before it sinks in again and it's like the first time all over again. Every. Single. Day. I don't know if I can or think I am strong enough to survive any of this. But I need help to be able to survive this for as long as I possibly can. Update 9-17-23 It has come to my attention that Amanda has passed away. I am closing this campaign immediately. The money raised went to help keep Amanda off the streets in her final weeks of life, and I feel that it was worth it for that reason. I know she had a contentious relationship with her family, and I do not wish to see any money being raised go toward them.
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