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I don’t see a rule against this so I’m hoping it’s okay. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE if you can’t donate, at least SHARE it wherever you can. 🙏🏻

We’ve been through so much and I’ve fought and sacrificed so much to keep us all together. Now that there’s finally a light at the end of the tunnel, the whole tunnel is collapsing and we’re about to be forced to make a choice between a roof over our heads and keeping our sweet boy.

I personally would rather stay in a tent than lose any of these precious babes but it wouldn’t be fair to them, plus I rely on a machine to keep me breathing in my sleep.

More details in the campaign, but willing to share more info as requested.

Does anyone know the absolute cheapest places where 2 ladies could stay for a few months along with their 3 emotional support animals (2 dogs and 1 cat, with legitimate letters from their doctors)?

If there’s nothing they can afford, what are other options or suggestions as far as like, sleeping in a tent or in the car?

Also where are the cheapest self storage facilities around here?

I’ve finally been approved for the housing assistance and disability support services I have been needing (and trying to get) for so long, but it will take a few months to process and in meantime, my daughter and I have lost our home again.

We had temporary arrangements but now even that is falling apart and in a few days we will be on the street with nowhere to go or to store our belongings.

Thank you.
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Before anyone asks, I am trying to find temporary homes for our babies, but I really need help with that. My disabilities and the current circumstances make it very hard to keep track of what people and places I’ve contacted, who has responded, etc. Plus our little dog has a condition that requires a special care and our other dog (although he’s the sweetest boy) is a big, energetic breed that’s hated by a lot of people. But just handing over any of these guys to an animal shelter would probably be the final straw that was sent me to inpatient care.

(And even without them, we still might not be able to get into a shelter because the homeless referral system for Wake County has been down for months.)

As much as I’ve tried to help others and be the village they need, I’ve never had a village myself. My family doesn’t believe in mental illness, they seem to think that after having worked and been on my own since the age of 16, and working for 10 years in a career I loved, I suddenly became lazy and just decided I’d rather struggle and suffer for the next decade than work. None of them batted an eyelash when I stopped showing up and withdrew from the world because my life was falling apart.

Growing up I was never in one place long enough to build peer relationships (seriously, I was moved every 6 to 9 months), and never saw any healthy ones so I didn’t realize until my 20’s that close, long-term relationships were even a normal thing. And by the time I started to realize how important they are, I was in my 30s and struggling to survive because of an underlying, undiagnosed health condition. It’s impossible to do our relationships when you’re struggling to keep a roof over your head and manage basic self-care.

Here’s a heavily stripped down version because writing out my whole story would be a novel (which I might do if I actually make it long enough):

I spent my first 21 years surviving trauma and hardship, then had a 10 year period of safety and stability that I built for me and my kids, which was then destroyed by a health condition I didn’t even know I had. By the time I was diagnosed correctly, my symptoms were disabling and we were losing our home for the second time.

For close to a decade now I’ve been struggling and sacrificing to keep a roof over our heads and keep us all together (because these animals have truly been our emotional support) as my mental and cognitive health have declined so much I’m struggling to manage even basic self care like hygiene and nutrition.

I was just finally approved for the housing assistance and disability support services I’ve been needing for a long time, but it will take a few months to process and in the meantime we’ve lost our home again.

Now we’re in a situation that’s making my mental and physical health even worse, which I was prepared to handle for a little while to keep us together… but now even this situation is collapsing, so I’ll probably need to find temporary homes for our babies so we can hopefully get into a shelter (if that’s even possible because the referral system has been down for months).

But I’m scared that having to give my little sidekick up even temporarily might be more than I can handle right now and last time my daughter was separated from her dog for a month she did end up hospitalized for a week. And it’s so unfair to have to let them go after they’ve been here for us through so much, and after how hard Ive fought and sacrificed to keep us together. My smallest one is 10 years old and has been with us since she was 3 months old. Aside from my kids, she’s the only constant I’ve ever had in my life. She has a digestive condition and has to take meds and be fed carefully, and she gets anxious when I’m away so I’m terrified she might not survive a separation and I’d never get over that.

I really need help getting through this last stretch so my family can reach the stability I’ve been fighting for instead of falling back into crisis. I don’t know if I should set up a GoFundMe or what; I know there are people who can help and would if they heard even part of my incredible story, but I don’t have many people who care enough to even share it for me.

It feel like my life has been a long, cold, dark tunnel that lately is narrowing by the mile. Just when I was about to lay down and give up out of sheer exhaustion and hopelessness, I can finally see a light at the end of the tunnel. This gave me enough hope to keep holding on and trudging forward but now the whole tunnel is collapsing on top of me. Without some urgent help, it’s going to bury me before I can reach the end.

My whole life story would be like a novel but here is the very heavily stripped down version:

I spent my first 21 years surviving trauma and hardship, then had a 10 year period of safety and stability that I built for me and my kids, which was then destroyed by a health condition I didn’t even know I had. By the time I was diagnosed correctly, my symptoms were disabling and we were losing our home for the second time.

For close to a decade now I’ve been struggling and sacrificing to keep a roof over our heads and keep us all together (because these animals have truly been our emotional support) as my mental and cognitive health have declined so much I’m struggling to manage even basic self care like hygiene and nutrition.

I was just finally approved for the housing assistance and disability support services I’ve been needing for a long time, but it will take a few months to process and in the meantime we’ve lost our home again.

Now we’re in a situation that’s making my health even worse, which I was prepared to handle for a little while to keep us together… but now even THIS situation is collapsing, so I’ll probably need to find temporary homes for our babies so we can hopefully get into a shelter (if that’s even possible because when I went to Oak city cares, they said their referral system had been down for months).

But I’m scared that having to give my little sidekick up even temporarily (have had her for almost 11 years and aside from my kids, she’s the only constant I’ve ever had) might be more than I can handle right now and last time my daughter was separated from her dog for a month she DID end up hospitalized for a week.