Hello. I wish we were meeting under different circumstances. On the evening of July 21, 2024 I put my car in its spot out front of my house to run in and come right back out. Less than a minute later, I’m running around outside thinking I must be losing my mind: where I had just parked, another car was now parked. I wondered whether someone had moved my car to park theirs. I wondered whether a tow truck could have worked that quickly and how that would even be possible - I have a permit for my street. I looked down at the only key for my car, a fob I had taken with me inside. Thank God I had taken my phone with me, or my night would have been so much worse than the next few hours. Some time later, the people who stole my car milked my bank and credit accounts of nearly everything, some of which accounts had already been in the negative. They have my ID, my children’s insurance cards, my insurance card, and every banking card. They also took my Nikon. I had each of my three lenses in the trunk with my camera inside my camera bag - both memory cards and some triggers. That camera was my life - my way of dealing with C-PTSD. It was my way of learning and achieving new things, connecting with other people, and providing an income to my family that supported my artistic endeavors. I’d love to be able to replace it, but under the financial weight of normal life, I simply can’t. (I have two children who come far before me - private school isn’t cheap!) I had a Nikon D7500, a Sigma 17-50mm, a prime Nikon 35mm, and a prime Nikon 50mm. I don’t recall which memory cards I had, but they were good ones. I had a remote trigger, which I used regularly to take self-portraits for all of the artists I work with. Please help me to recoup my losses? Anything you are able to give I will accept with gratitude. I’d like to be able to create art again. EDIT! I am deeply honored by how many people have stood up to support me! Thank you to every person who took the time from their day to read my words, to read the information here, to share the message for me. I am indebted to you and hope to continue to inspire each of you. I’d also like to thank every person who has contributed financially - I am living the very definition of the phrases, “I can’t do this own my own” and “It takes a community.” Thank you so much, from every fiber of my being. I am humbled. Thank you.
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