Friends and Family -

As any of us have experience when our loved ones pass it's hard. It's hard emotionally, mentally, and physically. It is unfortunate and untimely, most of us are not prepared and it puts a hardship on us financially. 

I must admit that my family is for very fortunate that my sweet darling Aunt is able to cover all of my dear mothers funeral/cremation wishes.

This fundraiser is for the other hardships and expenses  that come along with losing a family member, more unsettling that it is our sweet mother. We all know that the world is a different place and times out here a very hard. It took us days to decide if we should even do this. Below are some examples of what the money will be used for

My sister's travel expenses from/to Arizona, the car she will have to rent, her 6 nights in a hotel, food, ect. This specifically will be very hard for us to find the money for. For example my sister would have to sleep in her car if we do not raise money. The weather is not good now. She and my nephew have severe allergies and due to my animals she can not stay with me. We are very concerned how the weather will effect their breathing as well but she is willing to risk it, of course.

I have not been to work in 12 days and will not return for another 2 weeks at the earliest. I will have missed an entire month (I have no PTO) I've also been informed the my branch is closing. So I will not have a job soon either. I'm already 2 months behind in bills and have been spending money that I can't afford to stay at my mother's side, every minute of every day as promised. We don't think about the small things that come with this territory..Food, gas, parking ect.

My stepdad and mother own a house, that they have a mortgage on. My stepdad goes to work daily to provide a place for them to live while he himself, is ill. He's suffered a stroke and I believe he has diabetes. They have lived in this house for over 20 years. This house has been in the family for over 60 years.  My kids came home from the hospital to this house. My sister's and my brothers kids as well. This home is full of love laughter and memories. That would be another devastating loss to our family. I would really like to help my stepdad keep the house, that all our our family came home to the holidays too, raise our kids in ect. UPDATE: I was informed the my mother's power bill has not been paid for numerous months and they will need to make a down payment by the end of March. I was not informed of how much just the it's very large. My stepdad does not qualify for Liheap.. he has wages garnished and is the sole provider for himself and 3 other adults. 

These are just the unseen things that we do not think about unless we are the ones going through the situation. It's very unfortunate that most people do not have the necessary preparations in place for situations like these.

So my sister and I are most humbly coming to you all, to ask for help. Even if it's just a dollar or 2. Anything will help at this point. I will absolutely answer any questions you have. Please feel free to message either one of us at any time. 

We appreciate anything u do, even just your prayers and well wishes. We love you all. It always takes a village and we are depending on ours. Thank you all so much