"A Trail of Tears"

byBrandyFriend

789 followers

Updated 10 years ago

I feel like I have really lost control of my life right now. I have worked so hard to keep these guys alive and to give them another chance that nobody else would. When I decided to load 21 abandoned, abused, and hungry, cats and dogs up in my small RV and made a 9 hour trip the day after they were all spayed and neutered, I knew it would be hard. I knew we would have trials to get through and that time heals all wounds. But now time is against us and I am running out of options fast. I tried to get a loan from USAA to get the funding needed to at least get a mobile home in here so that we would be out of the house in time and we wouldn`t have to face the alternative of having to shut down the rescue I have begun and taking away the second chance that I gave them when I rescued them all. I mean, how do you prepare yourself for that? Well the bank said no of course because my credit isn`t perfect and I am sure that not having a handsome down payment had something to do with it as well. I pleaded with them and tried to explain that the payments could be taken out of our account when the VA disability check and SS were deposited and that this meant the lives of 28+ rescue animals that I have nowhere to go with. They didn`t care and didn`t want to hear the story after the loan was denied. I wanted to scream and cry but all that came out were small gasps as I tried to understand that this was my last option which would have been in my control. What now is all I could think and how the lives of these guys and myself is now in the hands of complete strangers who may not even like what I am trying to accomplish?? I cannot imagine giving up but if I don`t begin to see results pretty fast I will be forced to have to start making decisions that will save myself and my elderly disabled husband. It just can`t end this way for them....how could I come so far with them only to have to face such a heartbreaking ending? I am NOT giving up so please don`t mistake think that I am....I will fight every tooth of the way and I will fight hard for their lives....but I can`t do it alone anymore. Although the Go Fund Me account is still very active it just isn`t getting to the right people. How do I possibly make that happen and fast? I had a friend that called me and he signed me up in a Crowd Fund Me project that would allow anyone to setup a project that needs funding. The idea is to fund the project of the person that shared it with you and so on. I am not sure how this fares to Go Fund Me but with only $45 in the Go Fund Me account I don`t know what I have lose?? They do not take a percentage out either and if someone only wants to fund the project and not set one up of their own then they can. I know that I drawing straws here out of desperation but what is your opinions on the two and knowing the story and little progress in this update...what would you do or do differently? All advice and continued prayers are welcome. Thank you for following this story and God bless.

PS A special thanks to Jewel for her donations to this project.

PSS The pics of the cats on the bed were the "Lucky 13" the night we arrived in Nebraska and we got them in from the RV after 9 hour road trip! Its was snowing and it cold...but we were all together. The other 5 rescue cats that I already had were checking everything out...lol. And the pics in the kitchen were taken during a blizzard and it was -15 below outside.

http://www.offthegridnews.com/2014/02/22/court-rules-off-the-grid-living-is-illegal/

wesharecrowdfunding.net/brandy09

And of course the Go fund me link is http://www.gofundme.com/k8ray8....