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Keep Our Wheels Turning
Hello, everyone! My name is Melody, host of the Songbird System, a disabled polyam trans woman. Life has been hard these last few years, but, people have been endlessly kind and patient with us during it. Now, we're hoping that people can help us weather this:
In 2020, we were involved in a motorcycle accident that left us with an undiagnosed torn rotator cuff. All that we could do was writhe in pain, hoping that the test they ordered would give us an answer, sooner than later. Unfortunately, sooner wasn't soon enough and we lost our job and our insurance, causing all of the costs of those tests to skyrocket. After losing all of our savings and an eviction from our apartment looming, the plans we had made before all of this to move in with our partners were expedited.
Over the next 3 1/2 years, we were bedridden while our partners served as caretakers while struggling to make ends meet. Eventually, our partners would find consistent work that made everything work; even if it was hard, we had each other and we were happy, even able to move into a larger house! Unfortunately, that was when our wife, Ember, was arrested and was told that they were being implicated as an accomplice by their abusive ex who we had worked to get away from him. This threw our life into disarray as a countdown began until they would be in jail for up to 3 years.
They were sentenced in February of this year and it has stripped us of every comfort we had. We're dangerously close to losing that house that we've worked so hard to keep, none of our years of job searching have had any results, and, now, the car we use to keep our bills paid has broken down. Any donations would help, but, we know that times are tough for everyone, so, even a simple sharing of this message along would be incredibly appreciated. Thank you so much for listening. ~ Melody
