Posted By Scath on May 27, 2009

Okay, I hate doing this (and you have no idea how much I really, really mean that) but it doesn’t look like I have much choice if I’m going to get to see my Mom before she further declines.

In early 2008, she was diagnosed with Younger Onset Alzheimers. She’ll be 55 in June, and the progression of this fatal brain disease has been pretty rapid. She’s in California, I’m in Texas. I haven’t been able to do anything except call her due to the distance involved and finances (which everyone knows how that goes, right?).

One of my brothers and I are planning to go see her the week of her birthday, and it’s likely to be our last chance to do so while she can still sort of recognize us. She’s in the moderately severe to severe stage right now and already in an assisted living center.

They gave her two years when she was diagnosed and those two years are almost up. This might very well be our last chance to see her, period, unless a miracle occurs that lets us go again in another few months.

We’re driving and I’m taking both my kids with me. Not sure yet whether his wife and 2 kids are going too. But either way, after researching gas prices, motel expenses for the layover on the way there and coming home, plus food and contributing to some groceries at our brother’s place there during our stay, I’m looking at about $900 to $1,000 I have to come up with in order for me and my kids to make this trip, with a very thin ‘just in case cushion’.

I’m relatively sure I’ll be able to scrape together $500 by the 23rd, which is when we plan on leaving.

I can’t figure out anyway possible to come up with the rest except to tell people what’s going on and ask them to purchase my e-books through here. Every other venue I sell them through has a waiting period of 30 – 60 days before I receive my payout, which will be no help at all in this matter. Through here, I receive my net profit from each sale instantly.

I have 27 days to get the full amount together, of which I have $100 right now.

If you have a few bucks to spare, your purchase of one of my e-books would be sincerely appreciated in helping me & my kids to go see my mom. Or if you could pass the link to this entry on, that would also be greatly appreciated!

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

NOTE: I received an email & yeah, I realize people might not want to sign up over there even though it’s free. So I’ve put up direct links and will send them manually ASAP if anyone would prefer to help out by purchasing from those instead. You can do that on this page.

I’m not putting up any type of pure donation thing for this because I’m frankly just not comfortable doing so. There’s too many other people with bigger problems for me to feel right asking for free handouts.

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