Where do I start?
I am 24 year woman, with a good head on her shoulders. Coming from a rough background the hardships me and my siblings experienced did not define our upbringing. We have always kept our noses clean and stayed out of trouble, due to watching our own loved ones frequently getting in and out of trouble growing up from a very young age…
That all dramatically changed in October 2023…
As a self employed woman living on her own, I’ve experienced by far the most feared thing as a young adult in this economy. Starting from the beginning of October my car, although an older model (2013 Ford Fusion), very well taken care of decided to completely stop driving while on the freeway, during rush hour coming back home from vacation. As you can imagine, while on vacation funds were properly managed to splurge while still allowing myself to get through the rest of the month worry free. Getting inside my car to drive home from my vacation for it to die on me completely, stranded alone on a busy freeway was not part of my monthly financial plan of October. Im a lot smarter to not have money on side incase of emergencies… However, I underestimated the greatness of how an emergency could get. Fast forward a week and several failed car appointments I decided I couldn’t put any money into my vehicle and sold it an extremely low price due to the transmission. Ive never even realized how this was the very least of my worries with the events that shorty followed within a few days.
In the midst of madness between not having a vehicle, I am currently fighting my student loan that is dramatically decreasing my former pristine credit score, from a school that is no longer existing, I have not been called or emailed to continue paying my student loan and therefore its greatly impacting my credit.
Booking expensive Ubers and Lyfts back and forward across town to speak to banks and doing whatever I needed to do with going forward with my first financing on a used vehicle, everything seemed to slowly fall back into order, when I woke up to a call that my 17 year old baby brother is being arrested for murder he did not commit, it is with proven facts he is innocent, however they still are detaining him with a state issued attorney. My brother is the sweetest kindest kid who would never harm anyone he’s always sticking up for his family and the “little guy”, he just happened to have one bad friend who just didn’t think about the position he was putting everyone in. With the local police departments initial report and backing evidence he was purely in the wrong place at the wrong time and completely out of his control as an unlicensed passenger in a vehicle. As charged with open murder they are still detaining him as an adult on 23:1 lockdown. My brother is being so strong but he is not the kid to be sleeping next to murderers and high crime criminals. He is so very scared but holding it down for his mom and his sisters because he knows this just as confusing and shocking to them as it is to himself. My brother needs his own attorney, a good one. He has a severe learning disability that is noticeable after a short conversation with him while he still talks normal and may seem like he is comprehending everything around him it is all a facade inside this loving boy who is deeply hurt and feeling alone as he entering a new phase into adulthood. We went days without knowing a single thing or hearing from him and due to illness my mother was unable to go with him to be questioned, who knows what kind of intensive questioning and false information they tried to manipulate my brother with to define him as the worst kind of all criminals… A murderer, we are thinking the absolute worst while trying to remain hopeful.
So as you can see my struggles have just about overcame me. Me and my sister are doing everything we can to find him a good lawyer to take his case and while we do that a car is needed. Im never one to ever asked for help as it is a pride thing for myself but I’ve quickly realized how dire our situation that I needed to put that aside instantly I know that myself and sister can not do this alone my mother is not working and on a very fixed income and practically bedridden, coming from a family of incredibly strong woman this has nearly broke us down very quickly. We have no idea how we are going ever scratch the surface with all of this because it is only the beginning. We appreciate any and all donations greatly as they are much needed during this time for us. We are keep our family, and everyone else involved in our thoughts and prayers during this extremely difficult time.
Thank You so much for reading, and also your kindness.
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