Hello Liberal Democratic Progressive Peoples! May I please ask a small favor of you?
I'm trying to raise enough funding to help my disabled wife attend my naturalization ceremony, and perhaps treat her to a relaxing evening in thanks for all she has done to keep our family together.
If you can, please pitch in $1 http://www.gofundme.com/...
On the 17th of July 2015 I will attend a Ceremony for Irish Citizenship and accept Irish Naturalization, re-linking my dual-national Irish-American heritage and saving me from separation from my family.
While I can't imagine attending the ceremony without my partner for life by my side, we may not have a choice. Aoife suffers from a debilitating medical condition and attending will mean a 5 hour drive to the ceremony, several hours standing and siting through the event, then another 5 hour return drive; which would be overly taxing and require weeks of agonizing recovery.
While my being saved from deportation is everything we have worked and hoped for, and all the reward she desires, I wish to thank her properly and have her by my side as I take the finial step to assure our family is not broken apart by circumstance. I'm hoping to arrange to drive down the day before and stay at a hotel, spreading the effort over a less demanding three days than the impossible one. However, as we are on a very limited income and have spent our savings paying the application and processing fees, we simply can not afford it. To be honest, if I can't get something together, I'll not be driving down with or without her, as the bus is cheaper and we don't have the luxury of splurging for convenience.
Being an American of Irish descent, imagining the ceremony and the reestablishment of connections to lost generations of my family brings me deep emotion. The day will be a pinnacle moment in my life, a achievement of years of preparation, saving, hoping and dreaming, none of which would be at all possible without Aoife's love and dedication.
Thank you for considering helping me. Although I've not told Aoife of this page, she will be eternally thankful should you help her to be able to join me. Any contribution to our special day will be graciously appreciated and I commit to pay it forward, contributing to make other's special days.
Thanks for taking the time to read my Diary :¬)
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