A Wish for Home, Stability, and the Chance to Keep Going

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My wish is to be able to stay in the home I have lived in for the past eight years and have enough support to keep building my small business, Simply Edyn & Co., which is now my only source of income.

I am disabled, facing eviction, and struggling deeply in this economy. I started my business because I have spent much of my life feeling overlooked or invisible, especially once people know I live with a disability. I wanted to build something that could give me a real chance at stability, support a good life for me and my two cats, and eventually grow into something that helps other people too.

More than anything, I wish I had the safety of a home of my own, a real home where I could breathe, keep working, and give my business the room it needs to grow. Homelessness has always been my greatest fear, and now it is standing at my doorstep.

My dream is not just to survive. I want to earn enough through my work to live with dignity, pay living wages, help fight food insecurity, support research into fibromyalgia and other underfunded autoimmune conditions that disproportionately affect women, and maybe one day return to school for my master’s and Ph.D. so I can help search for better answers myself.

I am not asking for extravagance. I am wishing for safety, time, and a fair chance to keep going.
A Wish for Home, Stability, and the Chance to Keep Going