Good Morning My Stars

Yesterday, on the 23rd of October, my store was robbed. I had opened a small bakery to follow through on my dream of people tasting what I had to offer. There was a couple of pieces of art I was going to draw to announce it but had gotten busy. Someone came in and took advantage of my kindness and understanding to get me to walk outside of my store with my back turned to the door. I wasn't far. In less than a minute, someone ran in and stole over $2,500 worth of tech and cash.

If this was the only thing that happened, it wouldn't have been so devastating. The day before, my new doctor asked me to get a couple of exams to see if I had ovarian cancer. Something I had been worrying about for a couple years now. My friend died of stomach cancer this weekend which kicked me into gear to start getting checked out, but fawned away at the thought of more bills. My cat has been suffering from cancer for over 5 years now and started degrading over the weekend so he had to get some emergency check ups.

My store had already received two other tragedies this month. We had a rat come in and destroy a bunch of product and a little bit of the small reputation we had. We had to replace half our tables to stop an infestation of wood eating beetles.

I understand there needs to be a fund for emergencies before opening a store like I did...and I did have one. It got eaten up very quick by the bug infestation. We were having cameras installed next month (due to low funds) but we didn't have any inside. My attendee was young and an easy target. I don't speak much spanish...I was easy to overwhelm and remove from the situation. We both believed people to be weird...but good.

What was stolen:
Acer laptop
Apple tablet charger
Xiaomi Rednote 11
56 soles (equivelent to $17, but all we had for the remainder of the week)

I can't afford any of the upcoming medical items I would need. I am pushing off checking out the cancer again (we are already certain there is a cyst as big as my ovary but have not confirmed it to be malignant or not). I am most likely losing my job here soon as my boss was not happy with me running out to deal with the police. I had just used all my personal savings to go back to school and I had such high hopes for the future. I keep getting hit and tossed around by the world and I can't find even a second to breathe and calm down.

I don't want to close my store. It's so new that it costs to stay open, with little sales. All of our customers return and talk to their friends about us but I am talking we are only 4 months old. Stores usually don't see a good stable intake for 8months to a year.

I am so tired and can't see a way out. If you are able to help, it'd mean everything to me. I have set up a donation link through paypal. You can find it here: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?host.....=NXLN4QPZGDYFA

I also have cashapp $custombykida if you'd prefer to avoid fees and you live in the USA.

I thought my life was turning around and I was just getting excited for the future.

Thank you for reading
Starlight