A Trip To Say Thanks

Darlene Andrews Start Date: Jul 26, 2016 - End Date: Apr 25, 2017
  • San Antonio, TX, Australia
  • Las Vegas, NV, Australia
  • Maine, Australia
  • Pensilvania, Australia
  • Olympia, WA, Australia
  • Ontario, Canada

My Travel Story

by: Darlene Andrews Start Date: Jul 26, 2016 - End Date: Apr 25, 2017
Life is not meant to be taken for granted or to be lived lightly.
I am 39 years old and live in Australia. Never travelled anywhere and always regretted that. Now as i age and my genetic diabilities take hold more, i fight now to enjoy what movement i have left. 
For the last 4 years i have struggled with deep depression after loosing my 3 beautiful children to their father. I fight every single day and continue too for my children to be returned to me. I miss them dearly and the ongoing court fights have started to wear me down mentally once more.
This trip is so important in many ways.
Firstly this is not just a trip to sponge off people and their good nature. It took me many nights of taking with people to even feel comfortable in asking for this of complete strangers. So i wont beg or lie to achieve what i hope now. but i will tell you what i would hope to gain.
I hope to gain the person i was before my deep depression set in. To gain the joy and laughter once more so that when i finally get to see my children again, or when they are finally returned to me for good. I can hold a smile on my face and a renewed and refreshed mother is their to give them all my heart and love with no stress behind it. My children range from 6 to 12 years old.
This trip will enable me to see sights i have only ever dreamed about. Enable me to see friends i have had online for years because sadly i do not have any here with me in Australia. That is why i have picked the destinations i have. 
This trip is not about popular vacation places.. This is about places that mean something to me, these people have helped me through so much darkness, i just wish to thank them in person, because without these friends online, i would still be popping anxiety pills and fadding into depression.
While i am visiting these places, i hope to capture each and every experience and have my helpers see the rewards of their generousity. See the smile on my face and see the smile on my friends faces when i surprise them with a visit and a huge thanks.
I have struggled like anyone else in life and do not think i am any more special then anyone else. But i am humbly asking for you to help me lift from depression and back into myself.
  • San Antonio, TX, Australia
  • Las Vegas, NV, Australia
  • Maine, Australia
  • Pensilvania, Australia
  • Olympia, WA, Australia
  • Ontario, Canada

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    Greetings and thanks for any visitors and views i might get or have gotten. The thought of heading to the USA to meet these amazing people who have helped me so much is just overwhelming. I cant wait to see their faces when i get there but i cant do it on my disability pension and so i must beg for help. I feel hope every time i think of how this could make such a change to my depression and mind in general. I will just pray that i can get to go and hold hope each day. Thank you in advance for anyone that may wish to help.