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Hi, friends. It’s me, Puma, and this is my hour of need. Blacksnake Manor was tragically lost in a house fire in January of 2019. I lost my home, ninety percent of my material possessions, and a means of income, as Blacksnake Manor was a highly-rated destination via Airbnb. I also lost something bigger. Let me explain:
Blacksnake Manor was situated on family land, and although it was promised to me as a future bequest, it was not deeded in my name. My father had taken out insurance coverage on the structure; however, I was not listed as a beneficiary on that policy, either. Several weeks after the fire, my father received a check for 100 thousand dollars from the insurance. After several conversations with him about this money and about my future, he has made the decision not to share any of the insurance proceeds with me to help me rebuild my life. None. Zero. This, despite the fact that I put my heart and soul — not to mention any savings I had put away and five years of my life— into renovating Blacksnake Manor, and thereby flipping it from a home purchased in foreclosure to a home with substantial value. The reasons for this decision on his part are deeply rooted, and I feel they are in large part due to my family’s evangelical beliefs, which do not harmonize with the fact that I am a gay man. The issue my family has with me being gay has been stewing under the surface for the last fifteen years, but the fire at Blacksnake Manor served as a catalyst for openly and thoroughly discussing it. These discussions did not go well, and my father’s decision regarding the insurance monies were tied to these discussions in a very toxic way. This feels like a deep betrayal of trust on several different levels, and I feel as though I have been on a fool's errand for the past fifteen years in my attempt to grow my relationship with my family.
Only a few things are clear and certain to me at present: I have lost a lot in the last month of my life; I need to leave this place and begin to rebuild my life somewhere else; and I will need support from my friends to do that. It isn't easy for me to ask you for help, and I would prefer that I didn't have to. This is my hour of need. Help a Puma get back on his feet, if you are able, and may the stars always smile down upon you. Thank you.
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Upon every hundred dollar donation, the contributor will receive an original 9x12 pastel painting on archival quality paper by Puma! Please note that Puma is just an amateur pastel painter who paints as a means to calm his brain. Therapy, of a sort. But, these paintings aren’t half bad, neither.
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Upon every hundred dollar donation, the contributor will receive an original 9x12 pastel painting on archival quality paper by Puma! Please note that Puma is just an amateur pastel painter who paints as a means to calm his brain. Therapy, of a sort. But, these paintings aren’t half bad, neither.
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