my dad passed away this morning (october 11th), and me and my family are in total shock and absolutely heartbroken. we don’t know how to process anything right now, and i’m worried about my mom. they were married for 32 years, she’s spent almost her entire adult life with my dad, and she’s not the best at really grieving and processing her emotions.
i started a youcaring to help pay for my dad’s funeral and burial services. we have enough to deal with right now without having to worry about how we can afford to bury my dad with the dignity and love he deserves.
if you can help at all, we’d be immensely grateful. if you can’t donate, please signal boost this so others can see it.
thank you in advance for your kindness and generosity.
edit: the cost of burial is outrageously high, and there’s no way we can afford it, even with everyone’s amazing generosity. we’ve decided to go with direct cremation, which is less expensive, but does still cost over $2000. plus, without a service for my dad, we want to have a reception at home for all of his friends and family, and we need money to make sure everyone is provided for and my dad is given the celebration his life deserves.
please keep donating and signal boosting, and keep me and my family in your thoughts. if you’d like to send flowers, here’s a link to his obituary on the funeral home’s website:
edit: because my mom is under 60 and not disabled herself, she most likely won’t quality to keep receiving my dad’s disability checks, so even after all of this is done we’ll be in pretty dire straits.
please keep signal boosting and donating! and thank you to those who’ve helped so far ♡
update: my brother’s 401k money arrived and will cover the cost of direct cremation, which is a huge relief, considering we weren’t sure what we would do or how we’d be able to give my dad the love and care and dignity he deserves.
but that means that anything we had planned with that money (bills, groceries, service to my brother’s car) isn’t going to happen. please, please keep signal boosting and donating, my family is hurting and scared and we just want to focus on honoring my dad right now.
Thank you so much to those that have donated and signal boosted so far. Your support means the world to me and my family. ❤
Update: we’ve reached about 30% of our goal, but we still need help. Please keep boosting and donating if you can.
Update: Still hovering around the same amount as the last time I updated. My family is still hurting and without much security in the way of income atm. Any help is appreciated.