Hi Everyone,
I’ve rewritten this more times than I can count.
Truthfully, asking for help does not come naturally to me. I’m usually the person trying to figure it out quietly. Trying to work harder. Push through it. Make something beautiful out of whatever hurts.
But I’m at a point where quiet survival is no longer enough.
Right now, I am one week away from possible eviction. I am also close to not being able to afford my next prescription medication. I am asking for help because I am trying to stay housed, stay in treatment, and keep building the business I created to survive.
Over the last several years, I’ve been living with fibromyalgia, status migrainosus, widespread small fiber neuropathy, endometriosis complications, chronic pain, exhaustion, and the unpredictable reality of trying to survive inside a body that changes the rules on you daily. The neuropathy affects my body from head to toe. Some days I can work normally. Some days brushing my teeth feels like climbing a mountain in wet cement boots.
And still, I kept building.
I built Simply Edyn & Co. from my living room. Through flare-ups. Through fear. Through pain. Through nights where I honestly didn’t know how I was going to make it financially or physically. I kept writing. Designing. Creating. Hoping. Trying to build a life that felt meaningful and sustainable despite all of it.
But I’ve reached a point where I cannot carry this alone anymore.
I’m raising $52,000 to help me stay afloat while navigating housing, treatment, medical expenses, accessibility needs, basic stability, and the reality of living with chronic neurological pain conditions that affect every part of daily life.
This is not one bill. It is a stability bridge.
It is help staying housed. Help staying in treatment. Help affording medication. Help covering basic needs. Help buying enough time to keep building income without burning my body into the ground trying to survive.
This is incredibly hard for me to post.
Not because I’m ashamed of needing help, but because I know how vulnerable it is to let people see the part of your life you usually keep hidden behind “I’m fine” and “I’ll figure it out.”
But the truth is: right now, I could use help.
The most helpful things you can do right now are donate, share this post, or shop Simply Edyn & Co. Every order, every repost, every dollar, every small act of support helps buy me time.
If you’ve supported my small business, read my writing, shared my work, bought a product, encouraged me, or simply found comfort in something I created, thank you. You’ve already helped me more than you know.
And if you’re unable to donate, sharing this means just as much.
I still believe in what I’m building. I still believe there’s a future on the other side of survival. I’m just trying to reach it without losing myself in the process.
Thank you for reading this.
Truly.
With love and gratitude,
Tasha Monroe