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Hi, my name is Robin. I'm a geeky, hardworking gal who lives in NYC with my cat Fried Rice.
In February of this year, I finally found the courage to leave a very toxic, physically, mentally, and emotionally abusive relationship. In doing so, I found myself having to rebuild my life from scratch and heal years of mental and emotional scars that sapped the core of who I was before I become involved with my ex. With therapy and the support of friends and family, I have been able to find myself again even though there are some days I stumble.
At the time I left my ex, he had drained our joint bank account leaving me with nothing. I was barely able to get by as much as I could with the part time job I had and the help of caring people. I was finally able to get another job a couple months ago that I love and have been trying to save up to get my own place or share with a roommate.
A friend of mine graciously let me stay at her place for the last several months while I got myself together and back on my feet. Unfortunately, I cannot stay here anymore and I need just a little help to be able to cover the rest I would need to be able to move from here and into another place temporarily until December 1st when I should have enough money to be able to put down for rent and security for a new place.
I hate asking for help and for money. This past year had been trying on myself. I only ask for help when I truly need it and I have had so many wonderful people help me. I am just trying to overcome this last hurdle to just be able to find a roof over my head and Fried Rice's head. Anything would help. I'm doing everything I can right now to not become homeless. I had some medical bills come up that my insurance didn't cover and some bills I had fallen behind on that I had to cover with some of what I saved.
I'm a hard working person and doing everything I can to survive right now. I'm trying to keep my chin up and take it one day at a time. I volunteer time to help woman and children who have been or are in the situation I was in. I want to succeed, I want to be strong and be on my feet again. Finding a home for me and Fried Rice is the last step of this hard journey I've been on since February. Money raised will go directly into housing, moving fees, and start of utilities.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and if you can share this, it would be greatly appreciated.
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