My baby's dream for our lighthouse in Alaska.

Jessica Russell Start Date: Jul 28, 2021 - End Date: Jul 27, 2022
  • Alaska, United States of America

My Travel Story

by: Jessica Russell Start Date: Jul 28, 2021 - End Date: Jul 27, 2022
I'm resorting to this because my son is the most important thing in my life and his dream is to be able to live with me, his mother, in a lighthouse in Alaska ever since we took a vacation there a couple summers ago. I've not exactly had things so easy in my adult life. But I won't go into all the details. A few years ago my little family fell apart. My dreams were shattered as my husband and father of my son walked away from us. I was left to raise our tiny blue eyed redheaded boy all by myself. But I had a job and busted my but every day for the next couple of years until my boss decided to downsize and close the business. Takin care of and rasing him by myself. Having no back up plan I made  one of the hardest decisions a mother could have to make and decided it would be best for my son to stay with my parents for a while until I could get back on my feet. And that has been and extraordinarily rocky path on my own. I've had a few different jobs, I've tried staying with friends or family or family friends, and I have even been homeless and I've struggeld with addiction along with my pre existing depression and anxiety. Slowly over the last year my parents have slowly tried to wean me out of my son's life and now they are trying to sue me for sole custody of my son. I have tried and tried and failed and failed but I keep trying because my son needs me to. Some of my memories from my life with them are not so pleasent. I have siblings and always felt like I was treated differently and I always felt alone. My dad worked his butt off every day and even though my mom was there I have always felt disconnected from her and have never known why.  But when I had my son I knew that I never ever wanted him to feel like he had to question my love or compete for it so I made a very very big decision to get a tubal. So he is the only baby I'll ever have. He needs me. And I need him. He saved my life and I feel like without him my life has no purpose and it is completely in shambles. Almost like I have no motivation or inspiration to do anything anymore. And the only thing stopping me from having him and allowing my parents to sue for custody is simply stability. A place to take care of and raise my son. A place of our own. And by George my BooBoo dreams of him and his mom living in a lighthouse in Alaska. But any place we could actually call home would make us the happiest people ever.  I'm not expecting much from this but every little bit helps give us hope that we will be together again before it's too late and my parents take him away from me for good. Please. I'm literally begging for the tiniest glimmer of positivity our way. Also I am an "artist" so for the more generous donors I will gladly ship a signed original hand drawn piece from my portfolio.
  • Alaska, United States of America

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