Hello my name is Howard. I figured I give it a shot posting here. I’ve been out of work for a couple months and the last year in general has been quite difficult. It has been for a lot of people. I learned recently that my father is passing from Parkinson’s disease so that’s been quite heavy. Then my mother has stopped returning my text or calls for reasons that I don’t understand why. I’m doing the best I can to stay afloat but that’s been pretty difficult especially in California. The past year has just been so physically and mentally draining on myself that I’ve spent a good amount of time unfortunately in psychiatric facility since I sadly got to the point that my life has no purpose. The only family I have left is passing away and the family I do have seems to have disconnected from me. I’m here still fighting for the sake of my friends that believe my life is important and that I should keep on fighting. So here I am. I recently was offered a job after that starts in Portland Oregon next week so that’s looking up. Until then I’m hoping to reach out to anyone kind enough to help me reach the goal of getting funds to see my father in the Bay Area before I head Portland to start my job and get myself back in a better place. I don’t know what the outcome will be from creating this but I know it’s hard to do things on your own and I’m hoping I can receive the help to do so and pay it back myself down the road once I get back on my feet and help someone that’s in a similar situation get themselves back in a better place as well. I’d greatly appreciate any help in making me achieve this goal. I’m not sure how much time my father haves and this will be the only opportunity for me to visit him before I start work. Thank you for reading my story.