I made this blog in hopes of support in helping to promote an Irish woman’s story as I try to make her dream come true for Christmas.
My Mother, Angela, suffers from illnesses such as diverticulitis, diabetes and arthritis. She is retiring soon to a council house she has looked after for the past 40 years.
The house has issues from, maggots, mold to crumbling walls and the ceilings cracking and falling down. As you can imagine, this has led to many health issues for my family but most importantly my mother. Unfortunately, we don’t have enough to buy our home and with my grandmother, now in the early stages dementia, it means my Mother will soon have to give up work and look after her fully.
The council will not allow my grandmother to move in with us as she is an old age pensioner and the house would need work to accommodate her needs. A Councillor, off the cuff, remarked the council would look at the fact she would not be able to contribute much towards rent and they wouldn’t waste the money on adapting the house on the possibility of her longevity.
When they find out that she has this illness, they may possibly kick her out of her own home and we will have no choice but to put her into a home which is the furthest thing that we want to do. We love her and want to care for her as she done for us.
My Mother is the most amazing and has the kindest soul of anyone you will ever meet and I am blessed to have her. She went to work right after my dad passed so that she could give myself and my brother the best life she could. She went to college at night trying to educate herself to get a good job for us. She’s worked long nights and traveled through desperate weather conditions to get to work, all to put a hot meal on the table for my brother and me.
She also works as a carer in a nursing home because she wanted a job that allowed her to give back. It’s a very tough job on her and she has sat by the bedside of many people comforting them as they passed away but it is a job she loves and is perfect for her as she has a heart of gold.
I have done an interview with a local newspaper and radio station but unfortunately have not got much support.
The council won’t sell us our home because our income isn’t sufficient. My Mother has been trying to fix all the repairs over the years and has spent everything she has on them. She now has nothing for her retirement. Not even the house she worked so hard for.
We need to fix it up and adapt it so can care for my grandmother here but I desperately need help.
I have set up a fundraiser to buy the house and pay for all the repairs and make it accessible so that my Mother can move in my grandmother and care for her as she deteriorates further, found here:
UPDATE: My grandmother was taken to hospital after suffering seizures in front of my mother and I so I apologize for being late getting back to everyone and thanking you for your support. They are going to keep her in observation for a few days and test her but think it’s coming from her heart as her heart rate and blood pressure were very low when she was brought in.
Update: Nan is doing better! Heart rate is still slightly irregular but thankfully no more seizures so far.
I’ve always been on the periphery of woso so I just checked in every few years but I remember how they had fans who were like, they’re together, and other people were like, stop being delusional. And then it became like an open secret. And it was also they themselves who kind of put the kibosh on speculation, right? But now look at them! Honestly goals, in so many ways. 😛
Well, I’d hoped that by the time I got to this batch of asks I’d have cycled back around to giffing more Atypical but I’m not even close. I’ll just answer them anyway. 😮
Okay, despite how quickly I published the first ask about them, I didn’t really see any urgency in posting this because while it does clarify this one thing, that they’re not funded by nor did they consult with Autism Speaks as of 2017, they’re still heartily endorsed by them and there’s still criticism of their rep.
The upcoming collection includes a series of sweatshirts pairing characters together inside a giant loveheart, showcasing mother-daughter relationships (Usagi and Chibi-Usa, Setsuna and Hotaru), canonical romantic relationships (Haruka and Michiru) and…
Rei X Minako and Makoto X Ami.
Both of these pairings are IMMENSELY popular both within Japan and the international fan community – arguably the most popular pairings for the Inner Soldiers, with ReiNako effectively canonized in the 2003 live action adaptation – so WEGO absolutely knows what they’re doing here, especially by contrasting them against the canon couple UraNep.
WEGO’s second collaboration also includes hoodies and tote bags with minimalistic, Y2K-GeoCities-nostalgia styled prints of individual characters, and will be available for purchase online from December 25th to join their first collaboration of T-shirts, caps, and transparent fanny packs.
The Claudia thing irritated me. The show has some issues w slaughtering the women/POC characters so I was annoyed they chose to make Claudia evil-evil when she’s one of two main female characters (Amaya would be a third but she disappears a lot). Along w the whole dead gays reveals which suck. I see a lot of ppl celebrating gay kisses on twitter but. I don’t get it. They’re dead. After a kiss. It’s the worst of tropes. And I wanted more Aanya after she was the only ruler to see thru viren (2/3)
But overall I really enjoy the show. It’s definitely one of those shows that’s great but could be Epically Excellent if they’d just focus more on their queer and POC characters lol. The pacing of this season was a little weird, with everything happening all at once at the end. I get wanting Aanya to be Rescue Brigade but I wish we’d seen more of those characters. So much happened offscreen after so much time spent getting Zym back to the spire. Amaya/Janai tho so it’s all good lol I need more
Oh, I’m hoping for and EXPECTING a kiss in the next season. That handhold was NOT them getting together, surely! I want to SEE that, in front of me. I want to see actual, like, confessions and realizations and lighter moments turning serious because it’s real. Not just allusions and jokes.
Is Runaan like, dead dead? Isn’t there a chance of him coming back? If there is, maybe that’s partly why people are excited, aside from just seeing something go canon. But yeah, him and Aanya’s moms, not a great track record. Which is why they have to fix it with Amaya and Janai? And one of those ways is definitely by including more of them. I did really love them but I have to agree, they could have had a lot more. When I look at the other ships I really loved this year, it’s not just screentime, what I loved is a certain focus and centering, where you could see the time and effort and thought the writers put into them. These two still feel a bit sidelined.
“imma fuck with u and irritate tf outta u til it really counts and then I’ll fight for u til the death” is a great ship dynamic! When a character can get under someone’s skin and wants to for some reason (>_>) but there’s a deeper respect and even affection? *chef’s kiss*
The show’s issues with women…………. I mean. Well, it’s hard for people’s real sensibilities to not affect their work.
I’m in the same place with the show, it could be really great, at a level it isn’t reaching for me currently. An increased focus on their queer and POC and just better treatment of women would do wonders, and agreed on not keeping important things offscreen or rushing them just because they want a surprise. But maybe I’m also just saying that as a fan of Amaya and Janai and wanting more of them, heh.
Gosh, I took so long to reply to this and it’s not exactly a glowing positive reflection of the show, but I do want to reiterate that I am extremely happy with them pursuing Janai and Amaya as a romantic ship! 🙂
