Hey, folks! We apologise for the delay between the smoke test and rest of surveys, but they have now all been sent!
The Oligarchs are stealing a lot of luck right now. We can't let them win.
Our projects manager lost their beloved cat in a horrific manner and has been dealing with grief and an expansion of a restraining order in combination with prepping to move for health and safety. On top of that it was the 4 year anniversary of their father's death in a terrible car wreck.
And if that weren't enough, there is now a project delay because our artist and layout guy, Rick Hershey, is experiencing an absolutely horrible ordeal. I'll let his own words (publicly shared) speak on it below. Their friend has a GoFundMe set up for them. We are considering creating an art piece or enamel pin from the project art he's done so far, and giving him all proceeds (minus production costs) to also help how we can with the costs he and his family are facing in light of the incident. If this is something y'all think we should do, let us know in the comments and we'll make a poll to let you folks decide what we should make that you can add on to help.
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Trigger warning: description of hospitalisation with injuries involving minors, and photos of dramatic vehicular damage and photo of one of the minors in the hospital bandaged in bed.
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From Rick:
On Monday, April 21st, all four of our children and a friend of theirs were in a terrible accident and were gravely injured. Thankfully, everyone is alive, but injuries are extensive.
Our oldest, Mya, has multiple fractures in her hip, pelvis, and a dislocated knee. Marilyn broke a finger and her collarbone, and injured her lower back, but can sit with a brace. Madi has two fractures in her hip, but can stand and sit with help. And our youngest, Ricky, broke both his collar bones and had to have emergency surgery for internal injuries. He is stable but being watched for movement.
Their friend broke their femur and foot, and had to have surgery to have place rods and wires to reset them. They were the driver and may well have saved everyone's lives by seeing the other driver cross the line, turning their car, and slamming the breaks so hard they broke their foot and toes and turning the wheel and shielding Madi with his arm!
The other driver was going 70 mph and recklessly crossed the middle line. We don't know why they did it, but in case you are wondering -- yes, we are represented by a lawyer and they're pursuing legal avenues.
Everyone is alive and may even be coming home soon, but we have a long recovery ahead of us.
Sorry if I owe you work, an email, or haven't answered your call -- we've been very focused on our family and will be for some time.
If you would like to help out financially, our friend Tonya Sparks started a GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/tonyas-appeal-for-childrens-recovery
