This must be healing

Maram is a 26 year old woman living in Gaza, currently caring for her destitute family, who all experienced a violent bombing attack on May 22nd by the Isreali occupation. During this attack, her middle son Ibrahim was horribly impacted and requires IMMEDIATE surgery for his injuries. As of June 2nd, Maram needs $2,000 to pay for Ibrahim's emergency surgeries, that he could possibly die without. (Donation page linked here)

Ibrahim is 7 years old. This is the age where kids start elementary school. They learn to jump rope, decide their favorite book, laugh and play in the yard. Imagine the grief and trauma instilled in that young of a mind. He is in constant pain, trapped isolated in a medical tent, facing possible death. How do you reconcile that? How do you explain that even, to someone who's life has barely begun?

Every second in this situation counts. Over the past two months, we've managed to raise over $650 for Maram's son Ziad, and their whole families well-being. I KNOW that we can do more. Maram is moving mountains for her children, but she can only do so much on her own without income. She is begging for our help. As before, with every proof of donation over $1 to Maram's campaign, I will give ANYONE a fully colored sketch commission of anything they would like. Please, even if $1 is all you can give, if you've never given before, or given 10 times; I urge you to do so now. If you can't donate, sharing this post makes all the difference !!

Maram is a 26 year old woman living in Gaza, currently caring for her destitute family, who all experienced a violent bombing attack on May 22nd by the Isreali occupation. During this attack, her middle son Ibrahim was horribly impacted and requires IMMEDIATE surgery for his injuries. As of June 2nd, Maram needs $2,000 to pay for Ibrahim's emergency surgeries, that he could possibly die without. (Donation page linked here)

Ibrahim is 7 years old. This is the age where kids start elementary school. They learn to jump rope, decide their favorite book, laugh and play in the yard. Imagine the grief and trauma instilled in that young of a mind. He is in constant pain, trapped isolated in a medical tent, facing possible death. How do you reconcile that? How do you explain that even, to someone who's life has barely begun?

Every second in this situation counts. Over the past two months, we've managed to raise over $650 for Maram's son Ziad, and their whole families well-being. I KNOW that we can do more. Maram is moving mountains for her children, but she can only do so much on her own without income. She is begging for our help. As before, with every proof of donation over $1 to Maram's campaign, I will give ANYONE a fully colored sketch commission of anything they would like. Please, even if $1 is all you can give, if you've never given before, or given 10 times; I urge you to do so now. If you can't donate, sharing this post makes all the difference !!

Maram is a 26 year old woman living in Gaza, currently caring for her destitute family, who all experienced a violent bombing attack on May 22nd by the Isreali occupation. During this attack, her middle son Ibrahim was horribly impacted and requires IMMEDIATE surgery for his injuries. As of June 2nd, Maram needs $2,000 to pay for Ibrahim's emergency surgeries, that he could possibly die without. (Donation page linked here)

Ibrahim is 7 years old. This is the age where kids start elementary school. They learn to jump rope, decide their favorite book, laugh and play in the yard. Imagine the grief and trauma instilled in that young of a mind. He is in constant pain, trapped isolated in a medical tent, facing possible death. How do you reconcile that? How do you explain that even, to someone who's life has barely begun?

Every second in this situation counts. Over the past two months, we've managed to raise over $650 for Maram's son Ziad, and their whole families well-being. I KNOW that we can do more. Maram is moving mountains for her children, but she can only do so much on her own without income. She is begging for our help. As before, with every proof of donation over $1 to Maram's campaign, I will give ANYONE a fully colored sketch commission of anything they would like. Please, even if $1 is all you can give, if you've never given before, or given 10 times; I urge you to do so now. If you can't donate, sharing this post makes all the difference !!

If you haven't been following her story, Maram is a 26 year old Palestinian woman currently living with her 3 sons (9, 7, and 4 years) in Gaza, who's lives have been ravaged by the Isreali occupation and bombings, which destroyed their home. Since then, she has been scraping by on donations to her campaign (linked here), scrounging in any way a mother can to provide for her family; without the stable income, housing, food or medicine that they need.

Over the last week, thanks to your donations and reblogs, Maram was able to raise the full $600 for her youngest son Ziad's surgery! She's shared that Ziad has had his procedure, is feeling much better for it; and he's expected to make a full recovery! I cannot overstate how happy and grateful I am to everyone who has helped. The situation in Gaza is an unacceptable standard of living for all, and even surviving is a daily challenge. This one family now has one less element of suffering to bare, and that is no small thing.

At time of writing, Maram is currently $4,657 away from her full campaign goal of $30,000. I thought, if we could raise $600 in a week and a half, think what more we could do for this family in a month, or two months, just by giving what we can or sharing to those who can instead!

For the foreseeable future, I'm going to continue doing free sketch requests for donaters who send me proof of transaction to Maram's campaign. If you donate anything $1 and over, you can request anything you like! I will draw for any fandom, OC's, or even real life friends / family! For a donation of $15+ I will add flat colors, and the higher the donation the more detail / time I will put into your piece. Here's what you can expect from these sketches:

Your f/o doesn’t love you in spite of it, but understands that it’s just as much a part of you as anything else is

Your f/o understands you, and won’t judge you because you’re traumatized

Your f/o will be there if you’re having flashbacks/panic attacks and won’t judge you for them

F/O: but isn't that life tho lol

S/I: ...No. That's not normal. What happened is not ok!

regardless of whatever it is they may need comfort from [ grief, loneliness, an awful day at work, heartbreak, etc. ] trust that your f/os know they can always seek you for some comfort.

whether it be just sitting in the same room as you as you sing to yourself, or listening to you talk about whatever song may be replaying in your mind at the moment, or hugging you in comfortable silence. maybe they want to talk, or quietly work together on a puzzle.

while it may not instantly cure all their worries, know that they’re soothed whenever they see you. your presence, always a calming warmth in times of chaos. so in love with you, they’re just comforted to know you’re there with them.

if you’re not there, they may or may not have a picture of you. maybe set as their lockscreen, kept in a locket or their wallet, all for the sake of looking at you when they need the extra comfort. serving as a reminder of who they’re doing this for, a reason to keep going. if they have the technology, expect them to browse through tons of videos and pictures of your memories together, or just you.