Kitchen Table Kibitzing for TiaRachel: A Community Within a Community

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It isn't often that kossacks from all corners of the GOS come together to agree on something given the political narratives and policies of our time. But kossacks did just that after TiaRachel reluctantly posted the diary, So. Um. I need some help. Ten diarists, including Kitchen Table Kibitzing Community members, linked hands to form a community within a community for TiaRachel, because, that's what community does when one of their own is in need of some help. TiaRachel's electric service was cut off, she has no reliable Internet connection, and she is unable to pursue her work of writing. Underlying all of this are serious health issues that impact every aspect of her life.

From TiaRachel:

I've got an assortment of health problems (fibromyalgia, chronic migraine, autism-related anxiety, depression, etc...). I was getting worker's comp (long story), but they started requiring me to look for 'appropriate' work, but define 'appropriate' as related to that one specific problem, not all the others. I just don't have the spoons to do customer service/retail, especially for what it pays.

Having worked customer service, no, it's just not worth the spoons!

FUNDRAISING UPDATE Because of the generous support of Kossacks and JekyllnHyde's tireless efforts fundraising, we are very close to our goal of $7000.00. At this writing, we have a total of $6511.00, just $489.00 left to raise.

TiaRachel also writes that she is looking for work:

I need leads to work I can mostly or entirely do from home, probably writing/science related (but not journalism), which pays in more than $5 or even $20 per assignment. And something that doesn't require me to hustle for each micro-job. I can also code a little, & could probably pick up some programming given the breathing space & a carrot at the end. (I could probably also do some sort of social media work, or something activism-related that isn't predominantly interactive.

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Below the fold in the lower red box, you will find ways that you can help TiaRachel as well as a listing of the excellent diaries contributed in this series. If you have read but one of these diaries, you have witnessed a powerful community effort. There truly is nothing I can add to these eloquent diaries. In the upper red box, I've included a short story about a young patient with autism related anxiety and depression; a syndrome mix of Autism Spectrum, Anxiety, Major Depression and Attention Deficit. As always, the characteristics of the patient and her story are changed to protect her privacy, but the clinical nature is very real.