URGENT: Help Me Stay Housed and Keep Going
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...
SEEN. THE TRUTH, MADE VISIBLE.
Seven Days of Truth
I didn’t build this collection because I had something to say. I built it because there were things I couldn’t ignore anymore.
I don’t think I’ve ever said this this plainly, but I’m still in the middle of figuring out what’s actually going on with my body.
Deep muscle and joint pain. Migraines. Fatigue that doesn’t really lift. And changes in my spine and joints that I’m trying to stay ahead of.
Appointments that last five minutes. Waiting months to see someone who might or might not have answers. Trying to explain something that doesn’t always show up the way people expect it to.
Like I said...still figuring it out.
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This tee says what so many people are feeling but are rarely allowed to say out loud.
STOP NORMALIZING COLLAPSE.
For the bodies carrying pain. For the people surviving burnout, uncertainty, grief, medical dismissal, rising costs, and a world that keeps asking everyone to keep functioning like nothing is wrong.
Made with soft, lightweight ring-spun cotton, this tee is easy to wear without losing the force of the message. The distressed cream, blue, and rust graphic gives it the feel of a protest poster worn close to the body: direct, weathered, and impossible to ignore.
Part of the SEEN Collection supporting Fibromyalgia awareness, this shirt is for anyone who knows the truth does not become less real just because the world refuses to look at it.
Product Details
- 100% ring-spun cotton
- Lightweight fabric: 153 g/m²
- Tubular knit construction with no side seams
- Ribbed knit collar for shape retention
- Shoulder tape for added stability and durability
- Durable DTF/DTG print designed to preserve the distressed graphic detail
- Oeko-Tex certified and made with ethically sourced cotton
Care Instructions
- Machine wash cold, max 30C or 90F, with similar colors
- Tumble dry low
- Do not bleach
- Do not dry clean
- Iron, steam, or dry on low heat
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| Width, in | 16.00 | 18.00 | 20.00 | 22.00 | 24.00 | 26.00 | 28.00 | 30.00 | 32.00 |
| Length, in | 27.00 | 28.00 | 29.00 | 30.00 | 31.00 | 32.00 | 33.00 | 34.00 | 35.00 |
| Sleeve length, in | 7.99 | 8.23 | 8.50 | 8.74 | 9.02 | 9.25 | 9.49 | 9.72 | 9.96 |
| Size tolerance, in | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.50 |
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Product information: Gildan 64000, 2 year warranty in EU and Northern Ireland as per Directive 1999/44/EC
Warnings, Hazard: For adults, Made in Bangladesh
Care instructions: Machine wash: cold (max 30C or 90F), with similar colors , Do not bleach, Tumble dry: low heat, Iron, steam or dry: low heat, Do not dryclean
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These pieces came out of that season. That’s really all they are.
The Truth, Made Visible.
I’m raising $52,000 for a medical treatment that could significantly improve not only my quality of life, but also now my mom.
I live with fibromyalgia, chronic migraines, and hyperparathyroidism—conditions that affect how my body processes pain, energy, and recovery every day. Much of it isn’t visible, but it shapes everything.
My mama suffers from multiple autoimmune conditions and requires proper medical treatment as well.
This collection is how I’m funding OUR care while also giving back.
15% of each purchase supports fibromyalgia research through organizations working toward better treatment and long-term solutions.
If this resonates, I’d be grateful for your support.
If not, sharing it still helps.
SEEN. EVEN WHEN YOU’RE NOT.
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GOAL: $350K
Hope, Made Real began as a way to turn support into something tangible.
I am currently navigating a serious medical and financial emergency while living with debilitating chronic illness, searching for remote work, and trying to keep my small online store, Simply Edyn & Co., alive from home.
My GoFundMe is focused on the immediate and medical emergency: staying housed, affording medication, and covering urgent care needs.
This fund is the next layer.
Hope, Made Real: The Stability & Build Fund exists to help me move from survival mode into a real rebuilding phase. That means reducing the financial pressure that keeps me trapped in crisis, paying down urgent debt, handling taxes, keeping transportation stable, and creating a business runway for Simply Edyn & Co.
Simply Edyn & Co. is my online store today, but my long-term dream is to grow it into a brick-and-mortar marketplace rooted in care, beauty, useful goods, books, wellness, local makers, community, and thoughtful design.
A place to shop with purpose.
A place to gather.
A place that makes life feel a little more human.
The dream is not small. But neither is the amount of work, funding, and stability it takes to build something real while living with chronic illness.
Every purchase from the Hope, Made Real Collection helps support that larger goal: helping me stabilize my life, continue building from home, and move Simply Edyn & Co. toward the future I can still see clearly, even from the middle of a very hard chapter.
This is not just about selling products.
It is about creating a path back to stability, income, dignity, and possibility.
Thank you for helping me survive what is urgent and build what comes next.
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Lately, everything feels loud.
Not always in volume—but in how much we’re expected to take in, react to, keep up with. It’s a lot, even on quiet days.
I kept thinking about what it would look like to move a little differently. A little less like I have to have the right response to everything. And if I’m being truthful—this part is not easy for me.
It’s very difficult to ask for help. Especially from people I don’t know. Especially about something this personal.
There’s always that quiet voice that says: don’t be a burden. That you should carry your weight without needing anything back. That to be a good woman—a Black woman, especially—you give more than you receive, and you do it without complaint.
I don’t know exactly where that started. But I’ve lived with it for a long time. At the same time, I’m just…a person.
I’ve lived with chronic illness most of my life. It’s shaped how I move, how I think, how I measure time. Living in a body that reminds you, often, that time is not something to take lightly—it changes what feels important.
You start paying attention to what actually matters. What’s real. What’s yours. What you’re willing to carry, and what you’re not.
This is a small attempt at that.
Something I can stand in. Something that feels a little closer to a life lived well—even if it’s imperfect, even if it’s still in progress.
There’s nothing you’re required to do with this.
But if you wear one of these pieces, maybe it’s just a small reminder to slow down when you can, to notice what feels real, and to carry yourself in a way that feels honest to you. Not perfectly. Just deliberately.
Life isn’t always easy—but it’s still yours.
Take it in while you can.
If you want to understand more about what this has actually been like.
👉🏽 you can read more HERE
At this point, I’m raising money to get access to the treatment I need.
If you’re able to help, you can do that here.
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