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Chai @milkychai.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Discount Commissions! I have 3 slots left for the October sketchpages And I am opening 5 slots for discounted waist up and fullbody commissions! (also october) All funds from these will go towards medical and living expenses as my mom’s battle with cancer continues Reposts appreciated! ❤️‍🩹

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Chai @milkychai.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Some sketchpage commissions! ❤️ I’m still able to take a few more for my October slots with the discounted pricing! ($80 single character and $100 for a couple) just to try to provide some buffer for medical expenses before they are due again at the end of the month 😵‍💫

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Chai @milkychai.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

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Chai @milkychai.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

[EMERGENCY CMMS] We’re still $700 off from catching up with rent and I need to get the payment in today or else we’ll be evicted- 2 character sketchpages are being lowered to $100 and $80 for single characters I’ll be taking a max of 9 slots for work to start in October!

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Chai @milkychai.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

i’m so sorry to be posting like this - i feel like every time i come back to this app its been another emergency after another but we’re verging on homelessness and with my mom’s health being what it is we could not come back from this venmo.com/u/milknchai please please donate if you can

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Chai @milkychai.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

i wish that the things my family keeps going through were an exaggeration or a joke i really do i’ve only really been buying the necessities for like 2 years and even then i haven’t been able to replace clothes that i desperately need i keep hoping that i just have to deal with one last thing

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Chai @milkychai.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

(emergency) My Mom’s condition is deteriorating and we’re running into constant roadblocks with her cancer treatments If you could donate or share our fundraiser it would be appreciated - i’m not ready to say goodbye to my mom

First Image: Document that reads as follows:

We’re coming up on two years of my Mom being diagnosed with cancer. Before this, she had already struggled with chronic pain, iron deficiency, and endo - the effects of which have only been exacerbated by her condition.

Unfortunately medical care in the United States is not cheap and she is no longer fit to work and I took on the majority of the financial strain - and with my day job only paying $18 an hour it was already an impossible feat that I had to supplement by taking on commission work and creating a queue that is a veritable mountain (to those waiting, thank you for being so patient).

But her condition is getting worse and it’s still not enough and I am constantly having to choose between bills or her health. I love my mom and would move mountains for her if I could, but I don’t have the financial backing for this. If you could donate or share the gofundme it would be appreciated immensely.

I don’t have a lot of family left and the family that would have helped have already passed.

Second image: a screenshot of a gofundme asking for help with medical care

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Chai @milkychai.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

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Chai @milkychai.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

i’ve cried a lot over the past year (a lot of it in the back room at work really) but i’m so fucking thankful to have friends that love me and kind people to reach out to

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Chai @milkychai.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

finished comm for @ sundropflowerrs ❤️🌻

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Chai @milkychai.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

I want to be expressly clear that all commissions I have in the queue are getting/will be worked on - but there have been delays since I have been acting as a caregiver for my mother I appreciate your patience in this time 🙂‍↕️

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Chai @milkychai.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

The doctor has ordered a zpack for her - which is $150 with her insurance Boosts for comms are v much appreciated! If you'd like to donate i have kofi, venmo, and cashapp!

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Chai @milkychai.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

thank you again to everyone who has shared these posts! :’) i don’t really have family to reach out to to help with my mom’s care in times like these so it’s very much appreciated

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Chai @milkychai.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

working my retail job has been a lot harder since all of the stuff with my mom's health decline has started - like it's not even general stuff i have to answer people's in depth questions about smutty romance books when my mind is literally anywhere else LMAO

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Chai @milkychai.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

as a general update: she’s had two more iron infusions since this post and we’re currently working on scrounging up enough for a third - IV this time! each infusion has been $320 :’)

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Chai @milkychai.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

as a general update: she’s had two more iron infusions since this post and we’re currently working on scrounging up enough for a third - IV this time! each infusion has been $320 :’)

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Chai @milkychai.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

i just had to drop $600 to get my mom an iron infusion i’m so tired of things happening

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Chai @milkychai.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

customer: how are you doing? me: oh i’m doing okay! customer: like okay as in weird, right? me, thinking they meant everything happening because we are in california, in a city heavily impacted by ICE: yeah no things HAVE been very weird and stressful customer: i think it’s the full moon

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Chai @milkychai.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

will be sending out some comm sketches the next couple days!! i’ve also been trying to apply to so many other places for a 2nd job in between working my day job and its been rough 🫠 literally only 1 interview after like 40 apps (and it was a recorded interview with no real person at that)

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Chai @milkychai.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

truly desperate rn so i'm temporarily cutting down sketchpage prices lower than ever OTL

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Chai @milkychai.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

me: okay cool i can just put up a comm post without urgency behin- of course the car has trouble now of all times

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Chai @milkychai.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

hhh i may update the comm post with urgency in mind since our car is acting up OTL hoping to hear back from one of the jobs i applied to so i can start working abother one on top of my job at the bookstore & comms i’ll be tired but a few months of that would be enough to get be on track

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Chai @milkychai.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

i’m still at work but today there’s an event where people are just drinking wine at a ton of stores and i cannot express how many drunk people i’ve had to deal with in this hallway that is a store in the past 3 hours

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Chai @milkychai.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

i have today and tomorrow off which means comm work dayyyy

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Chai @milkychai.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

sketchpage commissions for @/Spicy_Raven! #commission #fearandhunger

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Chai @milkychai.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

bust comm for @faeminz.bsky.social ! 💖 thank you again for entrusting me with your wol! #ffxiv #commission

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Chai @milkychai.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

trying to figure out what to charge for commercial licensing is always a struggle especially for people who are also indie pricing in general is hard but there’s a fun new layer to it for me now LMAO

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Chai @milkychai.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

some guy came in, left when other customers showed up, and came back again 10 minutes later, grabbed a book off the shelf to buy and at checkout was just straight up like what days do you work? oh do a lot of people work here?

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Chai @milkychai.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

tysm for the boosts on my emergency comm post! i've taken it down now that the urgency has passed, but will have a commission post go up tomorrow for general comms in the meantime! i did have other bad news by way of my mom being let go from her job so i'd like to build some buffer but

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🌿 Fawn 🌿 @fuwafawn.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

I've set up a GoFundMe to help with her medical bills. Please share if you're not able to donate. I'm trying to spend as much time with her as I can without having to take on more work. Any support is appreciated www.gofundme.com/f/support-ke...