All the things I have paid for today

[cosmolinguist]

• Money towards a friend's emergency vet bill (looks like their dog is going to be okay, which is the biggest thing, but a Sunday-rates vet bill is also a pretty big thing!)

• money for friends who need groceries

• tickets to see Bruce Springsteen in Sunderland in May because diffrentcolours is amazing and planned this as a lovely surprise for me months ago

• tickets to virtual performances of the M.R. James stories "The Ash Tree" (on "Mothersile Sunday," haha) and "Lost Hearts" (on "Abney Day," I definitely remember us marking the occasion the same way last year!)

• money toward an air purifier filter for someone who badly needs it replacing

I am so goddam grateful for being able to put money toward every single one of these things.

Comments

[stormehowl]

When you can help someone that way and also have little treats for yourself it really is a grateful feeling. Doesn't mean we're rich or whatever. The Wheel of Fortune thing - you never know when you'll be the one needing a little help. But while you have it - help and have a little joy. Life's so short. Too short to hold on to everything!

[cosmolinguist]

Absolutely. I needed crowdfunding and mutual aid so long ago that it wasn't even called that (not in my circles anyway, as it is now), and I'm just so so grateful that I can pay that forward, and have treats for myself like finally getting to see one of the musicians who's been most important to me over like the entire course of my life. :)

[otter]

I love that about you, that when you have plenty, you share.

[cosmolinguist]

I literally wouldn't be here without other people doing it. It seems the very least I can offer now that I have plenty.