My name is Audra and I own Express Southern Creations.  This business is my only means of income because I have a disease in my legs called lipedema that has limited me from working outside my home.  It is a very painful disease which is why I can only work from home.  In order to continue my physical therapy and entire routines of medicines, lymphatic massages, special diet, exercises,  medical grade compression, etc, plus pay my normal monthly bills and basic necessities, I NEED my business.  I do not have any other help at all.   If I lose my income from my business, I will most definitely lose my mobility for good. Right now I struggle because paying for all the meds, the expensive compression,  the therapeutic procedures,  and the special diet and exercises can be very costly.  As it is I cannot afford health insurance so I must keep my business up and running.  

As a lot of you know, I hand paint glass, and many of my glasses are collegiate themed which are trademarked.   I have been informed that I must get officially licensed through most colleges or my business will be completely shut down.  I know I need to be officially licensed but I have not been able to come up with that cost because of all of my out of pocket expenses I have just to keep my mobility and stay afloat.  I have never asked for help like this in my life but I am scared of what could happen to me if my business is shut down so I am praying that my family, friends,  past customers and anyone else that might want to bless me with a bit of help will help me save my business and basically save my life.   

I need to raise at least $1000 to apply to be officially licensed to just 6 major colleges. I would love to add more schools but each school added just adds up so much and I already hate asking for help as it is.  I would be very very thankful for any help.