In the next few years, I want to have successfully created a home and a space that is mine. I would love to have the confidence to launch my small business and be on the route to financial freedom. I want to be debt free and on the way to creating long term investments for myself and my family to come. I want to be living in endless joy and my life to be a reality of the dreams that I hold so dear.
I was kicked out of my mother's house due to a breakdown in our relationship. I have been subject to emotional, mental, and sometimes physical abuse all my life, and last year in September I was left to fend for myself in ways that I didn't know possible. I have had to sleep rough on so many occasions and it has been a real challenge for me as I have had to do things out of the ordinary to get by. I have not been able to consolidate my family relationship as they have all turned on me but I am channeling strength from within to not allow my situation to hold me back.
When I move into my new home it will be the moment that everything clicks and all that I have been looking forward to will finally make sense. It will have made all the struggles and hardships worth it because the end goal would have been achieved. It will be a constant reminder that I did not struggle in vain and that I was always supposed to have my own space and a roof over my head. I will finally be able to experience the peace of mind that I have always longed for.
It is an empowering feeling having someone in your corner but knowing that there is a platform like Beam, where people that do not know me want to support my goals, is so heartwarming. I have struggled for a long time with support and genuine love and I am so happy and somewhat overwhelmed that it is all coming together in ways that I didn't think possible.
Deborah's identity has been protected due to her experience with domestic abuse.