I was dicking around on Tumblr today as I’m wont to due during lazy Sundays in my pajamas during hours not meant for pajamas and came across this chick’s blog. I saw that mega post she mentions below and like, damn, I know what it’s like to see your parents struggle financially.
Luckily for them, my parents are relatively healthy and they both have jobs. But they’re still in major debt. I don’t want to go too in debth (get it? haha, I’m the best) into most of it, but I will tell you this: The house is falling apart. I have a 5 inch hole in my ceiling right above where I lay my head at night, because I had to knock out that part of my ceiling due to a mold problem. The mold is probably still spreading within the ceiling, and now I have to deal with a hole that leaks so badly I have to put a bowl or towel on the shelf underneath it.
I avoid falling asleep while on my back just so I don’t have to look at it. (Damn, I should really just rearrange my room, huh?)
But still I know that we’re lucky. We have a lot more than we don’t.
So I identified, and I reblogged, and lots of other people reblogged, and now I guess, as you can read below, that guy is getting e-mails and there’s a contest going on to find him a job. So awesome. So, so awesome.
Sometimes I forget that the Internet People don’t consist solely of murderers and rapists.
I don’t know if you remember when I posted this mega post about my dad… To refresh: it was a post talking about the extreme physical/health challenges my parents have, how my dad hasn’t worked a consistent job in 4 years, and how my little family unit is so damn poor they’re about to be out on their keister… Sad, I know.
I wrote this post after the longest day of my life, on and off the phone with my sobbing mom (who is the STOIC one, okay?!) who is freaking out about the rent/food/bills/etc. issues. I could post a list for days about the sad/bad/horrible shit that’s been going on in our lives for the past TEN years (from mom’s cancer to this moment now) but I mean, I’m not trying to make anyone feel bad about our situation. It’s just…hard, and I vent a lot on Tumblr. I just wanted to try and use the internet, my personal soapbox, as my list ditch effort to help the ones I love because I am too poor myself and too far to be there for them.
Lucky for us, there are some amazing people out there. When I first pleaded for people to reblog/repost, it didn’t put a big dent in Tumblr, but it did on facebook. My great friends did some of the most unexpected things.
Today, totally at random, Caragh reblogged this post about my dad. (Which, thank you, by the way, again.) With that reblog (she has a shit ton of followers) came a flood of reblogs (and a call for a contest!) and likes and emails…so many emails. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU to ALL OF YOU! Even if you read it and didn’t like it or reblog it…THANK YOU. Also, hey new followers! :)
My parents are overwhelmed with feeling love and proud and it’s all been very humbling.
If you’d like to know more about my dad, view his portfolio/website/email him, please visit his Flavors.me site as all of that information will be available to you.
Again- we have no idea how to say THANKS, but just… you’re all great and awesome.
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