I've got two weeks to go, and I thought I'd share some of my background so you'll see the monies not wasted on me!
I have worked since I was 14, volunteering in my local cancer research shop. I've not stopped since, I've done property maintenance with my ex-husband. When I ended my marriage, I took my 3 year old son and moved in with my mother. My solicitor called it emotional rape because domestic violence back then was only physical, but it's better understood now as domestic abuse. You don't see it coming, first the snide comments about your clothes turns into losing all your friends, not leaving the house without permission, no access to money, being fearful you were doing everything wrong. It took me 2 years to realise this wasn't normal.
In 2003 I had a breakdown, my doctor explained it as I'd been pushing against a wall for 15 years and then the wall suddenly vanished. I fell over. I see now that it was Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, which I was finally diagnosed with in 2007. The constant moving school as a child, my domestic abuse relationship, the struggle to keep a roof over my head, the homelessness.
In 2007 I was suicidal, if it wasn't for my husband I'm not sure what would have happened. He's been a star since he came into my life in 2001. Then as a final blow my P.T.S.D. manifested into CFS/ME in 2010, finally diagnosed in September 2011. It's been a hard journey letting go of the old me. I used to network weekly, take wedding photography jobs which lasted all day, bring sunshine into meetings, laugh all the time and run round the back garden with my children.
Now I'm looking for a fresh start. I've stabilised my M.E. (only a couple of crashes this year) and feel its time I swing back onto my work horse and do something new. My creative side has been calling for a few years now and I've decided to listen.
My Kickstarter project is a way to find the funding to create a Lampwork studio in my back garden. I can't go to the bank, it's art, and they think I'm high risk! I'm not, I'm a sure thing, I've got determination and a strength I found in my darkest days to keep getting out of bed in the morning. Check out my view, wouldn't you be inspired?
Please help me by pledging some money to help get me started again. Thank you.
http://kck.st/YZ0VmW
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