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Dear family, friends and all who may read this.
I am writing on behalf of my sister Rebekah.
As some of you know and most of you don’t, early this year my
sister found herself in a situation she never dreamed she would be
in...a single mother, with 3 small children and another sweet baby
on the way.
For several years Bekah has lived in the darkness of her
situation, until the beginning of this year when she was forced to
make the devastatingly hard decision of protecting herself and her
kids from domestic violence and abuse. She was able to finally find
the courage to break the silence of her circumstances and seek the
help she needed.
Bekah realizes that marriage takes the effort of two people and
knows that her choices have not always been the best throughout her
marriage. She has chosen to take full responsibility
for her part in this situation.
On May 15th, just two months after her life turned upside down, Bekah gave birth at home, by herself, with the help of her mother in law who arrived only minutes before, to a healthy baby boy.
Bekah has extremely quick births and was unable to make it to
the hospital. The fire department arrived and she was taken to the
hospital where both her and the baby were taken care of.
Over the past several months she has chosen to take the necessary steps to become healthier as an individual by going to counseling and various classes. All the while Bekah has been caring for her children on her own, maintaining a job at a salon and also working part time for a very dear friend to help make ends meet.
The day before Thanksgiving she was served divorce papers by
her husband who has proved unwilling to reconcile.
She is now faced with the uncertainty of her future, where she
and her children will live, and the expense of having to hire a lawyer
who will properly defend her case given the many facets that surround
her circumstances; circumstances that I am unable to share the details of.
I writing to ask for your help. I am putting together this
fundraiser page to help Bekah raise money for a lawyer and the various
expenses associated with this type of life change.
Currently Bekah has no resources to draw from and has to respond
to the terms of the divorce within 13 days and is under pressure to
get this process started.
My hope is that we can come together and help lift the burden
from Bekah. Helping to keep her from having to seek out a third job at
a time when her life is full of uncertainty and beyond stressful. And
in the mist of living in sheer survival mode, she is trying to
carefully navigate and nurture the emotional struggle her children are
facing as well.
For those of you who know my sister, you know she always has a
smile on her face and unless she has decided to share, you would
never realize she has been enduring this hardship. This is an
extremely humbling place in life for Bekah to find herself and it’s
pushing her out of her comfort zone to allow me to ask for help on
her behalf. At the same time I know that she is beyond grateful to
each one of you and to those who have already helped her this past
year.
I understand that I am putting this request out there at one of
the busiest times of the year and I greatly appreciate each one of you
taking the time read this.Thank you for considering supporting her in
this difficult situation and helping her not have to carry this burden alone.
Please share this fundraiser page with others who might be
willing to give, I just ask that you please do it by email or Facebook
messenger and not share it on Facebook at this time. Thank you for
your understanding.
If you are unable to give I truly understand and ask that you
keep Bekah and her sweet babies in your thoughts and prayers. Thank
you for your generosity however you may feel lead to help and support.
Thank you from our family to yours,
Sarah Schimberg
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