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tesria is hosting an auction in support of fire_and_a_rose and her family. Before I quote the auction post with more detail, I want to say that fire_and_a_rose has been a friend of mine for years. She's a witty, friendly, fascinating person who's had an enormous amount of awfulness piled on top of her over the years, and she needs our help.

The family of fire_and_a_rose is in tens of thousands of dollars of medical debt. We are attempting to hold an auction to help them in any way, no matter how small. You may auction off your ability to write a story (give a minimum length, and the “winner” can request the topic), or to draw art — to offer one, or five — or to offer pieces of knitting, or clothing, comics, books, or something similar if you prefer something tangible.

The situation is increasingly desperate; both fire_and_a_rose and her mother have lyme and bartonella, while fire_and_a_rose has babesia as well, and has been in treatment for over a decade, with progress finally showing with a switch to a new doctor in the past year. It’s thousands of dollars each months in bills. Her mother will cease to see a doctor if necessary, or to treat to a lesser extent, but obviously they would like to avoid that.

Again, here's the auction link.