Help Mum and Children get back on their feet.

Hi everyone, my name is Marleyah, I am 14,

Lou is my Mumma and i also have a little brother named Harlow who is 11. I have written this on my own accord and asked my Mum to share it to explain my families situation, because it has been so hard and I am scared about what’s going to happen to us. The past year has been an insanely difficult year for us all. Last year I experienced bullying and threats ( because I did the right thing in a situation which other people didn’t like) which forced me to leave the school i was at. This left me without an education for 8 months, regardless of my mum fighting for me to be wherever would be the best for me. I was badly affected by the lack of socialisation and the bullying that continued over social media, but I fought and over came many fears, battles with my mental health and self esteem issues. My mum also struggled with this situation, she was experiencing depression and found everything hard, but supported me every step of the way regardless. After these hard 8 months i got accepted into my current school which i had been on the waiting list for for 3 years, and went for a scholarship for. It was our first choice and it felt like it was meant to be as we received the call on the last day of term last year when we still had no school. Just as things seemed like they were starting to work out my younger brother who already struggles more than people realise with autism/ ADHD/ chronic migraines and epilepsy (absent seizures) had his first tonic clonic seizure. As you could imagine this was very traumatic for all of us. Images that i will never unsee. His epilepsy diagnosis was already a big pill for us to swallow on top of all his other struggles. It caused and still causes so much anxiety for my Mum. Because of this he began trialling medications, one of which left him suicidal and we ended up taking him to the ED. He wasn’t the same boy anymore, he was a shell. This also caused him to have a lot of behavioural changes and a lot of time off school and struggling to catch up. This happened in March of this year and since then things have gone even more downhill. My mum lost her job quite recently despite her hard work, and a lot of it due to having to take time off because of the unpredictable nature of my brothers health issues, leaving all of us, especially Mum under a lot of stress. She has always strived and fought for what is best for us and tried to give us absolutely everything we have ever needed or wanted. Before she lost her job she was already struggling to manage everything with the cost of living and as our family has some large expenses, such as my education and dancing tuition. Being the type of mother she is, not once did it cross her mind to pull me out of either my education or my dance which is giving me the best chance to reach my potential and follow my dreams. She has always made it work, her resourcefulness is honourable. Her resourcefulness has helped her rebuild many times, but it seems impossible this time. She has made so many sacrifices over the years for us. I mean it when i say she is the most amazing mother i could ever ask for and it seems as though the world is against her. Just when we thought things could not get any worse we were recently given a 3 month eviction notice. This added yet another weight to her shoulders. We have since been looking for houses although it has proven hard because my mum has struggled to catch up on her rent as well as struggling to find a house that is affordable and can accommodate all of us. We have yet to get our good karma. My mum is not the type to ask for financial help, or help at all, but we really are in desperate need. I am hoping that this ‘go fund me’ will be a blessing and we hope that you can find the kindness in your heart to help us.

Regards Marleyah ❤️