Hello all, my name is Michael, and I live with my spouse Tina, and her father Norman, and we could really use a break. I keep a lot inside, and am normally adamant about not airing our personal lives over social media and the like; but at this point seeing no harm that can be done I thought I would give this a shot. So here it goes, and bare with me, I’m definetly no author by any means.
Now to start off with, all three of us have a myriad of serious health concerns, the primary being me having an enlarged right ventricle and chronic tendinitis in both arms. Tina has trigeminal neuralgia, epilepsy, and diabetes, as well as severe social anxietly and clinical manic depression. Norman suffers from depression, COPD which requires 24 hour oxygen, and dementia. So theres that.
Now after about a year and a half homeless from a wrongful eviction, the first six months being literally in a tent, being chased out by police for camping in the city, and the remainder in a shady southside motel in Edmonton Alberta Canada, we finally managed to secure a new home to live in.
The rent is expensive, 1500 dollars for a one bedroom one bathroom condo and we have to pay all utilites as well. Now Tina and myself only make 1475 a month combined income from long term disability, so just securing the place was a stuggle with the damage deposit and having to move all of our belongings in from storage. So we started off here already behind on things. Were having a tough time keeping up with things and I’m scared of what would happen if we actually lost our place. Norman is 72 years old and would definetly not make another winter living outside.
Now I’m not asking for millions or a future or anything of the sort, but like I said we could definetly use a break. Ideally, I’ve never got my full drivers lisence before and Tinas never even been out of Alberta so it would be nice to have a vehicle and be able to take her and Dad out to the mountains for a weekend or something and allow her to just have some time with her father to reconnect. I’m thinking thats all he might need to help kick him out of his dementia decline, and she might not have many chances for that left I’m sad to say.
Just to be able to have our heads above water without worrying how were going to pay the bills and where were going to eat next would totally change our collective state of mind and actually be happy for once. Just…happy.
So there it is, I know others have death at the door and have obviously more urgent and time sensitive needs, but it would mean the world to me and my family to have bills paid and maybe go somewhere and see some beautiful scenery or maybe fishing. I don’t know, anything. All I know is that my wife has the biggest heart I’ve encountered, and would, and has given the literal shirt off her back for others. I’m just hoping someone out there is able to do the same for her. Shes a beautiful woman, and she deserve it so much after all they have been through. Just hope someone can see that. If you’ve read this far, thanks even for that. And heres my paypal…
https://paypal.me/mikepalmer863