I Just Found Out My Friends Absolute Asshole Of A Mom Got The See The Outsiders Musical Before Me

💬 Just a Small Update, and a Big Thank You

Dear friends, kind hearts, and everyone who has stood with us,

When I first opened my heart to the world and shared our story, I never imagined the amount of love and solidarity we would receive. Thanks to your incredible support, we’ve now reached $12,837—a milestone that brings real light to some very dark days.

From the deepest corners of my heart, thank you.

💔 A Journey of Loss, but Also of Strength

As many of you know, I’ve lost 25 of my loved ones during this devastating war. That grief lives with me every single day. It’s in the silence that once held laughter, in the empty spaces where we once gathered as a family.

But through your help, I’ve also felt something else: hope. And that hope is priceless.

“21/Oct/2023 Before It Reached Us: The Day Our Neighbor’s House Was Destroyed” A quiet moment of fear, filmed just before everything changed.

“22/Oct/2023 The Morning After: Our Family Home in Ruins” This is what was left behind after the bombing of our home.

🌿 What Life Looks Like for Us Now

Despite everything, we’re still here. Still surviving. Still hoping.

But things have only gotten harder.

The war has returned, more brutal than before—and for over a month now, Gaza has been completely sealed off. No food is coming in. No medical supplies. No aid. No trade. No one is allowed to leave, and no one is allowed to enter.

We’re trapped.

🏚 We live with the fear of tomorrow, every single day. Airstrikes, drones, and the uncertainty of what might happen next. 👨‍👩‍👧 Our family is forever changed—we haven’t just lost people; we’ve lost pieces of ourselves. 📉 Basic needs go unmet—even clean water feels like a luxury now. Medicines, if they exist at all, are unreachable.

And yet…

Your support reminds us that we’re not forgotten. It reminds us that someone, somewhere, is still listening. That someone still cares. That we’re not completely alone in this.

Every message. Every share. Every dollar. It tells us: You’re walking this road with us. And that gives us the strength to keep going.

💖 What You Can Do

If you’ve already donated—thank you beyond words. If you can share our story again, it could reach someone who can help.

Even $5 means warmth, comfort, and a chance to breathe a little easier.

Chuffed

Donate to Help Mosab saving who's left of his family

My name is Mosab Elderawi, and I am a survivor of the war in Gaza. Life as I knew it has been completely destroyed. I have lost my home, my

✨ Why It All Matters

This isn’t just about reaching a fundraising goal. It’s about surviving war with dignity. It’s about believing in tomorrow. It’s about making sure my daughter grows up knowing that the world did not look away.

Thank you for your kindness, patience, and belief in our humanity. You’ve helped me find my voice—and I will use it to keep hope alive.

🙏 From the Heart: A Quiet Apology

There’s something I need to say—something that’s been on my heart for some time.

When I first began sharing our story, I didn’t know what the right way was. I was scared, grieving, and trying to protect my family in any way I could. I reached out to many people, hoping someone, anyone, would see us. In that process, I now realize I may have overstepped, and I might have made some feel overwhelmed.

If that happened, I am truly sorry.

Please believe me when I say it was never out of disregard or pushiness. It came from a place of fear—fear of being forgotten, fear of not being able to keep my family safe, fear of watching everything I love slip away in silence.

I’m learning as I go. I’ve slowed down. I’m more mindful now, trying to share our journey in a way that feels respectful of the space and hearts of those listening.

If my words ever came at the wrong time, or in the wrong way, I hope you can understand where they came from—and I hope you can forgive me.

Thank you for seeing past my mistakes. Thank you for still being here. It means more than I can ever explain.

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With love and endless gratitude, Mosab and family ♥️

note to self: do NOT run the 400m if you plan on running others, it will fuck up literally all of the other events

I am DEAD I just had track practice and then a basketball game, and then another basketball game I volunteered for because they were short on players. my legs hurt so bad.

my house has stairs.

Happy birthday pookie 🥺

@vickypersch: Did you forget Johnny or was that intentional 😂😂😂

Me: So…funny story… (I swear I love Johnny. I do.)

I wasn’t sure at all what I wanted to draw for Steve’s birthday. I didn’t have a direction at all. I thought about drawing OG Steve and Mexican Steve interacting. I also thought about doing a sketch dump for 🇲🇽Steve like I did for Johnny’s b-day. So, I just started with a sketch of 🇲🇽Steve in the center and began to build around that.

So, there’s 🇲🇽Steve, bein all cute, then I drew—what I thought was going to be OG Steve but ended up being—Soda, and then I drew Two-Bit on the other side of him. And since I drew Two and Soda I figured I had to draw Ponyboy! So I squeezed Pony in by having him hang off Soda (because he’s his and Steve’s little tag along ya know? and Soda and Pony are just like that anyways). And since I added Pony I had to draw Darry! So I got away with him being a little taller than everyone else cause that’s just how I imagine him, and then I realized; 🧍🏽‍♀️I don’t have any room for Johnny and Dally….🫥

It was a major dilemma last night. I was having a crisis. I seriously didn’t know where tf to put them.

And because I don’t believe in post canon 🙂‍↔️ I couldn’t leave them out. I just…couldn’t…it’s too morbid for me to exclude them. Sorry, I don’t like being ✨sad✨ (hence the date: pre-canon, although…it’d still be sad cause Mama and Papa Curtis would’ve JUST died…)

SO I squeezed Dally in behind Two and the humor of Soda’s hand covering his face is cute. And Johnny being absolutely enveloped by the group was such a silly idea that I just went ahead and made Johnny a singular arm 💀 —the irony of him holding the lighter is intentional btw.

okay but who the tf would be trumps creator?? I feel like it would be some jaded college student who drinks too much energy drinks and wants to see the world burn

What if we're all one person's oc's and that's why the world is so dramatic, fucked up but also supper funny at the same time?

i NEED to see tex and sodapop content they would be such good friends I saw someone mention the idea of soda working at the place tex starts work at over the summer and YES

gang am I stupid I dont get the Mark (that was then, this is now) slander I saw Bryon as being in the wrong

do I just not have media literacy?? I dont get some of the mark hate I dont think he did much wrong other than being rude to cathy but also I read the book in segments that were a bit far apart and might need to reread it. the drug thing SEEMED justified and I liked mark

#thatwasthenthisisnow #mark #help

why is sending asks so terrifying for no reason like every time I do it I feel like I am being put on trial

im planning on filling out one of those expression charts for the OUTSIDERS characters so can anyone who sees this pick which character I should do first?? ty ^__^

If they ever make another outsiders movie (not a movie musical, just a movie adaptation of the book), I want book accurate actors.

I want them to cast actors that are the actual ages of the characters. I know you can’t do that with a Broadway musical, but you can in a movie.

I want an actual 14-year-old playing Ponyboy. I want an actual 20-year-old playing Darry. Actual 16 or 17 year olds playing Cherry and Bob. Let the audience see how young these kids really are. 14-year-olds look like babies. They sound like babies, as in vocally, 14-year-old boys’ voices sound like they’re going through puberty. Show us this baby getting jumped and drowned and on the run for murder.

“Darry’s not a good guardian.” He’s twenty. “Cherry’s such a bitch.” She’s seventeen. “Soda’s so good looking.” Maybe to other teenagers, but he’s 16. He’s a child. “Sandy and Sylvia are cheaters!” They are 16/17 year old children. “Dally is so tough and cool.” He is a neglected child who’s seen Rebel Without a Cause too many times. So much of the story gets lost when the audience doesn’t realize how young the characters are.

I want a blonde Soda. Out of all the outsiders adaptations, I don’t think we’ve ever actually gotten a blonde Soda. (Maybe some of the musical understudies?). Give us the visual representation of Pony’s view of his brothers - light Soda vs dark Darry.

I want a Dallas who is not attractive. Dallas Winston is not a cool heartthrob, he is a gremlin. When Johnny calls Dally “gallant,” it should seem just a little ridiculous.

In conclusion, the book ages and appearances are there for a reason.