Hi all, it is with a heavy weight and consideration that I am starting this go fund me. Many friends had suggested I do after getting robbed for over $12k in tools on my way to start a better life out west, but at the time I wasn’t mentally there. I had decided to leave Buffalo a year and a half ago to pursuit a career and environment change to better accommodate my health, both physical and mental. On my way to a job I had set up prior to leaving I packed what I could as well as all my tools that would have jump started my life out here. It all seemed perfect until mid day my truck was broken into and I was robbed of my entire life and livelihood. I’ve never felt so violated and lost. I found myself in the desert unable to complete the job I had set up.. but what had happened was incredible. I found a community here that showed me love and support and really wanted to see me get back on my feet. I had to find new ways to get my chemo meds for the leukemia I have been battling for years. This community helped me with places to stay, food, showers, even new career paths as I didn’t have my tools which had been my main source of income for the years prior. As a matter of fact, since I was diagnosed in Buffalo with Cancer I have received a lot of help from folks.. and that’s a main reason I felt guilt in asking for help yet again. So I push thru, I fought hard to build a new positive and loving community, a new career path and to establish myself from the ground up after losing my entire safety net in one felt swoop. With all these blessing, this year + has still been one of the hardest I’ve ever faced. recently, over the past two months I started having pain in my back, hip and leg. I have been to the hospital 4 times and recently have hardly been able to even walk or leave bed. I’ve been out of work, struggling with Insurance and finding any comfort whatsoever in my own skin. It has left me out of work and making the basic necessities of life extremely difficult. I have recently had to emergency fly back to Buffalo to face surgery for herniated discs causing extreme sciatica along with minor arthritis and cysts in my hip. The pain is excruciating. My entire life and truck is still in San Diego and I am in Buffalo hoping the surgery will fix this debilitating issue. I just want a chance to get back on my feet, literally. with what feels like no options left, I am sincerely reaching out for help. with your donations I will be able to get the procedure I need to stand a chance at a fresh start. I will be using the money to help with my bills, keep my truck from being repoed and being homeless, and to get back to San Diego where I have moved my entire life. Where I feel at home. It will allow me to buy a plane ticket back, to get back to work and to begin to heal. Anything left will help me to rebuild the necessities I lost when I was robbed and fulfill the life I deserve and have built. For those that know me.. you know I am a hard working, extremely dedicated, very talented carpenter, friend, human. I am asking for monetary support to have a running chance, and I wouldn’t ask otherwise. Even if you have a single dollar to offer.. it will be in good conscious and put towards helping out in an extremely hard time. I have always in my life given to anyone less fortunate than me.. even in times of struggle. I am humbled by having to ask for help and am incredibly grateful for any support you are willing to offer. With love and kindness, I thank you for even taking the time to read and share this. And for all those that are willing to donate, I cannot express my gratitude in words. thank you. With Love, John
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