help Zed & Zefirra stay housed and keep our dream alive

this is us. we are zed & zefirra.

our story is one for the gods to gaze upon and say, “huh.”

the way we found each other

helped each other

held each other

as what feels like ash falls from the sky.

we believe the way of this world, the way handed to us, is not our way.

so we made our own way.

after living in the forest for a month

journeying across the country

sleeping in our tiny green car for 2 months

we are still here

we are housed

and we need help.

we are supporting each other as we work through complex traumas on top of disability and chronic illness. all of this makes functioning in a social world and maintaining employment very difficult, especially when that social world is built on graves on graves of people like us and dare i say people like you.

Zefirra was denied for disability and even seeking out resources is difficult while we find our footing but we are in the process of applying for EBT.

there are days where we are unable to leave our apartment even just to buy water because we are ill and hurting.

we are also each other’s primary support.

we want to make our humble apartment a place for others, a place of learning and creating and healing, the sort of place we always imagined but never found.

even on our darkest days we put our hearts into our home.

we reuse everything and throw away very little.

we gather soil and plants and seeds from outside and plant them using recycled materials.

we carried our free couch on top of the car no straps while zefirra jogged next to me to protect it.

a kind stranger helped me lift our free desk into my car.

our ottoman is a gift from our friend.

our coffee table is a cardboard box.

and every small item in our home, whether they came with us all the way from tennessee or found us along the way, every item has a spirit and holds our story.

there are things we still need to feel like we exist and to be able to do our work.

we need to pay rent so we don’t lose this place so soon after we were given this chance.

rent is $725

our utility bill is $42

We don’t have internet here yet.

☠️we receive water from old lead pipes & cannot afford a faucet filter.

we sleep on an air mattress.

we sleep on an air mattress and share one pillow.

we need clothing hangers so we can empty our suitcases.

we need body soap and dish soap.

zed’s phone bill $95

zephyr’s phone bill $30

car insurance is $132

on top of everything else, including student debt and credit card debt, but our priority is to keep this apartment so we can build.

we are hoping that with your support we will have time to find a solution for us to stabilize and avoid eviction while remaining Real and True.

we made our goal $2600 to cover 2 months worth of expenses since we are starting from ground zero (ground negative).

Zefirra has her first client & has even received her first payday as an artist working with musicians to produce visuals, but she estimates 1-2 months of growth to find steady income and more clients.

zed is recovering and reimagining life after his brother died by suicide last year.

coming out of burnout after doing a long stint of heavy delivery work with chronic pain, he is searching for online work and ways to use his talent and skills as a writer. he is also working on his longer term book project.

Please help us stay here this winter and grow our lives.

God Is Real….. G I R !