August 19th, 2024 New update: Hello everyone! I have decided to close my fundraiser, as I fortunately had hit my original goal of 7000 CAD! And, the money has been sent, so I should be in the clear one it has been received. I'm very grateful for all of the extra help I'd received too, and please know it doesn't go unnoticed or misused. I will continue to keep my kofi open for my art projects and donations, but otherwise, I will try to handle the rest myself! Thank you so, so very much again for your help, and I wish you all warmth and love in all your days to come, I truly could not thank everyone enough ❤️ With all my love, Elle ♡ August 5th, 2024 Important update: I'm so touched that I hit my goal in under a week, by all of the help, all of the shares, and all of the kindness I've been shown, I really could not thank you all enough, no matter how much you donated, you made a difference, and now, I just have to wait for all of the payments to be transferred into my bank for me to pay off my lien. I can hardly believe it... that this issue is on track to being resolved once everything has transferred. I wish I could give you all a hug or more thank yous, or something, but for now, I hope my words seem true—I'm so grateful for all of the help I've been given, and I hope life finds it's way to treat you with double the kindness you've given me. Thank you so much, I cannot thank you all enough I will not be as assertive in sharing my fundraiser anymore, but I have raised the bar a bit if anyone wants to help with any roof repairs I need to have done, or the replacing of my furnace—I've talked to some of my friends that say I should leave this open if anyone else wants to help with that too. These are also important of course, and I don't have the money to do either at the present, but the most important thing is that I get to keep my home once I've paid for everything. I'll keep working hard for them, but of course, any help goes a long way for me. Thank you so much again for all of your help, and I wish you all love, kindness, and genuine, lasting happiness!!! Original: Hello there, and thank you for considering donating. My name is Elle, and unfortunately, I've always had a tricky life, in one way or another... but the latest is too hard for me to bare alone as I am at risk of losing my home, so I please ask if you would consider sharing this with others, or donating if you are able so that I can pay off the lien on my home. Below is an explanation for how the situation came to be, but I warn for subject matters pertaining to grooming, rape, and death below. My birth came on as a result of grooming. My mother was just 16 when she met my father (in his late 40's at the time), and was pregnant with me at 17. He took advantage of her coming from a poor family, so she came to see him as a savior for being able to give her family stability, and since then, has never been able to see otherwise. She was promised a life as a stay at home mother, but when my father passed away to a long battle with cancer, she didn't know what to do. She was taken from poverty as a child, so it's no wonder she has difficulty adapting to adult life... I love my mother very much, and could never abandon her. When he passed, and even while he was gravely ill, I took care of him and my mother, and many of his business matters—I was just a teenager then, but it's how I'd grown up, because my mother just didn't know better. I was the only one working until last year when we found her a job, before then, I tried my very hardest to aid her in her job search, but it was a long time of applying for jobs, and not being accepted due to the pandemic, her low education level and language comprehension level, and grief... she grieves my father to this day... But this had led us to a very dire financial situation, including overdrafting, having difficulty paying bills, and being unable to fix our furnace that does not work in these cold Canadian winters, nor being able to fix our roof that leaks. Though it has been difficult, I'd been making progress, and was starting to feel hopeful..! ... Until I received a notice yesterday that our home was put on a lien, which means we could potentially lose our home if we don't pay it off, but we are yet backed up in our bills, and daily living expenses... I also have three cats that have helped give me extra purpose and happiness throughout these years, and cannot bear the thought of losing them to this too... Though I had taken care of most legalities, I had always believed the monthly Property tax payments had come out of my mother's bank account as they always had—but I only learned today that it had stopped over a year ago, and my mother simply believed this was a stroke of good luck. She never told me, because she never knew better... And honestly, I am devastated that this has happened. I always thought "even if we're having trouble catching up with bills, we at least have our home still!". But I'm so scared that it may not be for much longer... I know my goal is steep, but if I am able to reach it, this will truly be like a new start at life for us... I had so many dreams, to possibly get into school again, and even begin a career I'd been dreaming of getting into... But I understand that these are so far, if not impossible, so all I wish now is for stability—for my mother who's still learning to be an adult to live with one less burden, for my cats to live peacefully as they don't know any better, and to keep our home... It pains me how the money we're making is just not cutting all of our backed up bills and repairs, and now most importantly, our property tax payment needs. And please know that in the fortunate occasion that we reach the goal, and possibly rise above it, all of the remainder will go towards the repairs I'd been saving for, and any backed up bills. Please consider sharing this or donating if you can. Any and all donations are welcome... And if you've read this far, thank you for your time, your kindness, and your consideration. I have difficulty talking about the situation, and hadn't even had the courage to talk about it at all until about two years ago, so I cannot thank you enough for being the ear I'd always been too scared to speak to ❤️
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