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I suppose this is a little unorthadox but here I am, setting up
something to raise funds. Why? Because I need to raise some money to
fulfill a lifelong dream. I want to get to Scotland for a vacation,
for research, to meet family I've never met and see the family
castle...to see if this homesickness for a place I've never even been
before can be fixed or if it's time I started seriously looking into
moving. But I can't get over there on my own. I live on a
very limited income and it will not change unless my book
suddenly takes off. See I can't work because I have some heart issues,
one of them being a pulmonary aneurysm. It's pretty rare and can be
serious but not something I can have surgery on at this point. It's
too close to my heart to justify the risk of the surgery and it hasn't
gotten all that much bigger or moved since it was discovered six years
ago. Or seven? I've lost count. Anyway! Because I'm not allowed to
work I literally live month to month on disability and have no room
for saving. Book sales have helped but everything I've made from it is
being flipped to go into promotional stuff for signings and
whathaveyou. It's very frustrating. I never expected to become the
next JK Rowling but I was hoping to make at least enough to get me to
Scotland. And it hasn't happened. So I'm turning to the internets!
Truth is I have no idea when I'm going to kick the bucket. Could be
tomorrow, could be next year, could be when I'm 80. And I don't want
to sit here pining away and lamenting the fact that I am stuck here.
I am not stuck. I have the power to change my life and I am
going to do just that. Nothing bugs me more than someone who
constantly complains about their life and just sits back and accepts
it, doing nothing to change it. I am in control. YOU are in control.
I thank everyone who donates in advance. Every little bit helps!
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