Kim Morris Herrin & Megan
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Hello Everyone, I'm Wallene Blizzard, Kim's classmate at Northside Christian HS. I live in Chicago, where I've lived since 1989. I am reaching out to Facebook Friends of Kim and parents of Megan's friends and classmates today because the death of Kim's late husband Sean Herrin has literally put this family in Dire Straits. They desperately need your financial help. She has a long road ahead to make life changes and needs help with this.
I too am a widow almost 4 years now, Kim reached out to me when my husband passed away suddenly to ask if I was ok, and kept in touch with me. I reached out to her when Sean died too to tell her she can talk to me anytime. She took me up on it 2 months ago.
My daughter is 13 about the same age as Megan. I had and have so much love and support from friends and family as well as financial support of many that helped me so much. The envelopes with beautiful cards at the service filled with money as well as the go fund me page my friends set up for me got me through some major expenses.. even acts of kindness from people I didn't know. Unfortunately just a couple of years later, Kim's husband was also gone in an instant. Unfortunately, I have learned that Sean did not take care of them financially in the case of his death. Additionally, she doesn't seem to have support she needs from her friends or family even after reaching out to them.
She reached out to me 2 months ago to just talk things through because she was lost and emotionally distraught and thought I could help with some comfort since I've been living this nightmare myself. I will tell you that Kim's faith is very strong and she has been praying for help for a long time.
First hand I can tell you that after some time passes, people seem to think you are fine and that it is old news.. and although you smile on Facebook and post funny things.. it's merely a distraction of the moment to push through.
I've had multiple conversations these last couple of months with Kim as she needed direction, support, prayer and just someone to talk to. In our talks, I've discovered that their financial situation has hit rock bottom. Unfortunately, there were no envelopes given to Kim at the funeral, nor was there a gofundme page set up for her and no family support from Sean's family either. I'm a little shocked at all of this and very frustrated with the lack of support she has received.
I can tell you from experience that people don't know what to say and they say let me know if I can help in anyway which is great and is comforting but when it comes down to it, asking for help is something that none of us like to do. She's asked for help to some of her friends and she has literally been turned down. One MALE friend offered to provide her money to pay her electric bill that was going to be shut off 3 days ago in exchange for "a personal" favor".. fill in the PERSONAL.. FAVOR part.. .. then she called me and I talked her through on how to tell her story to the electric company and they were sympathetic helping her with a payment plan.... and now I want to track down the MALE FRIEND... and I HOPE YOU ARE READING THIS FRIEND! ... Financial is not the only support needed. If you can't give financially then there are other ways.. bringing over a lasagna. Watching her daughter for a couple of hours, helping purge stuff in her house so she can get out. My experience is ask WHEN can I help not IF I can help. Just Do it, Show up.
Due to her husband's business going under, important policies were canceled to save money for them. There was no life insurance and she paid for funeral out of pocket. Her husband cancelled medical insurance and homeowner's insurance, so when she was robbed just a couple of months after his death, there was no insurance to cover the loss of cash she was saving in her home and other missing items.
Also, she was left with unpaid property tax on their home, and unpaid debt from his medical practice. The list goes on and on. She was very frank with me as I asked these difficult questions to get her to open up as to why she was financially broke at this point. Yes social security for both of them is helping, but it is covering very little of their overall expenses. We recently talked about assistance programs which she is now pursuing in addition to talking to her pastor. She eventually will be downsizing but it takes mental capacity to take on that kind of project of which she could use some help with this from local friends. Her house also needs some repairs in order to sell it in good shape.. so if you are handy.. offer to help fix something. I have pledged to help her through this if not for anything but cheer her on, follow up on her list of to do items to help her get things moving in the right direction in their life.
The first year of a spouses death feels like a millisecond.. time moves very slowly, and everyone grieves differently. It takes more time for some over others to get to a point that they can think clearly and take care of all of the endless tasks to move forward. I can tell you first hand that Kim is paralyzed at this moment in time, seeing anything clearly to make any decisions is far off at this point. All she is capable of is taking care of Megan and being a mom. She only worked for her husband in his practice all of these years.
She has no family nearby and Sean's family has not been present nor helpful in any capacity. They did not attend his funeral.
I hate this for her and anyone going through this. I implore you to call her, comfort her, go see her, donate to her, Bring dinner/s.. lunches.. coffee.. WINE... even $5.00 adds up if everyone you know donates it. Offer to help go through her house to start the pairing down process to downsize.. any little thing where you can help. Call don't just text.. check in with her.
If you would like to get in touch with me, ping me on messenger. You can also make quick and direct donations to her cell number or email address through your bank through Zelle. Every major bank has Zelle for transferring funds. It's super easy and immediate and does not charge any fees. You can just send her a check too.. then there is no fee taken out as does Gofundme. I use Zelle all the time to pay people back when we go to dinner or something or someone buys tickets for something for a group of us.
Let's show our compassion and support for this family as we all will be in these shoes one day and feeling alone is not what anyone wants in this situation. I'm hoping this is God's answer to her relentless praying.
Kim Morris Herrin & Megan Herrin
Cell: 678-654-3665
Email: [email redacted]
Address: 235 Bracken Trace,
Grayson, GA, 30017
I too am a widow almost 4 years now, Kim reached out to me when my husband passed away suddenly to ask if I was ok, and kept in touch with me. I reached out to her when Sean died too to tell her she can talk to me anytime. She took me up on it 2 months ago.
My daughter is 13 about the same age as Megan. I had and have so much love and support from friends and family as well as financial support of many that helped me so much. The envelopes with beautiful cards at the service filled with money as well as the go fund me page my friends set up for me got me through some major expenses.. even acts of kindness from people I didn't know. Unfortunately just a couple of years later, Kim's husband was also gone in an instant. Unfortunately, I have learned that Sean did not take care of them financially in the case of his death. Additionally, she doesn't seem to have support she needs from her friends or family even after reaching out to them.
She reached out to me 2 months ago to just talk things through because she was lost and emotionally distraught and thought I could help with some comfort since I've been living this nightmare myself. I will tell you that Kim's faith is very strong and she has been praying for help for a long time.
First hand I can tell you that after some time passes, people seem to think you are fine and that it is old news.. and although you smile on Facebook and post funny things.. it's merely a distraction of the moment to push through.
I've had multiple conversations these last couple of months with Kim as she needed direction, support, prayer and just someone to talk to. In our talks, I've discovered that their financial situation has hit rock bottom. Unfortunately, there were no envelopes given to Kim at the funeral, nor was there a gofundme page set up for her and no family support from Sean's family either. I'm a little shocked at all of this and very frustrated with the lack of support she has received.
I can tell you from experience that people don't know what to say and they say let me know if I can help in anyway which is great and is comforting but when it comes down to it, asking for help is something that none of us like to do. She's asked for help to some of her friends and she has literally been turned down. One MALE friend offered to provide her money to pay her electric bill that was going to be shut off 3 days ago in exchange for "a personal" favor".. fill in the PERSONAL.. FAVOR part.. .. then she called me and I talked her through on how to tell her story to the electric company and they were sympathetic helping her with a payment plan.... and now I want to track down the MALE FRIEND... and I HOPE YOU ARE READING THIS FRIEND! ... Financial is not the only support needed. If you can't give financially then there are other ways.. bringing over a lasagna. Watching her daughter for a couple of hours, helping purge stuff in her house so she can get out. My experience is ask WHEN can I help not IF I can help. Just Do it, Show up.
Due to her husband's business going under, important policies were canceled to save money for them. There was no life insurance and she paid for funeral out of pocket. Her husband cancelled medical insurance and homeowner's insurance, so when she was robbed just a couple of months after his death, there was no insurance to cover the loss of cash she was saving in her home and other missing items.
Also, she was left with unpaid property tax on their home, and unpaid debt from his medical practice. The list goes on and on. She was very frank with me as I asked these difficult questions to get her to open up as to why she was financially broke at this point. Yes social security for both of them is helping, but it is covering very little of their overall expenses. We recently talked about assistance programs which she is now pursuing in addition to talking to her pastor. She eventually will be downsizing but it takes mental capacity to take on that kind of project of which she could use some help with this from local friends. Her house also needs some repairs in order to sell it in good shape.. so if you are handy.. offer to help fix something. I have pledged to help her through this if not for anything but cheer her on, follow up on her list of to do items to help her get things moving in the right direction in their life.
The first year of a spouses death feels like a millisecond.. time moves very slowly, and everyone grieves differently. It takes more time for some over others to get to a point that they can think clearly and take care of all of the endless tasks to move forward. I can tell you first hand that Kim is paralyzed at this moment in time, seeing anything clearly to make any decisions is far off at this point. All she is capable of is taking care of Megan and being a mom. She only worked for her husband in his practice all of these years.
She has no family nearby and Sean's family has not been present nor helpful in any capacity. They did not attend his funeral.
I hate this for her and anyone going through this. I implore you to call her, comfort her, go see her, donate to her, Bring dinner/s.. lunches.. coffee.. WINE... even $5.00 adds up if everyone you know donates it. Offer to help go through her house to start the pairing down process to downsize.. any little thing where you can help. Call don't just text.. check in with her.
If you would like to get in touch with me, ping me on messenger. You can also make quick and direct donations to her cell number or email address through your bank through Zelle. Every major bank has Zelle for transferring funds. It's super easy and immediate and does not charge any fees. You can just send her a check too.. then there is no fee taken out as does Gofundme. I use Zelle all the time to pay people back when we go to dinner or something or someone buys tickets for something for a group of us.
Let's show our compassion and support for this family as we all will be in these shoes one day and feeling alone is not what anyone wants in this situation. I'm hoping this is God's answer to her relentless praying.
Kim Morris Herrin & Megan Herrin
Cell: 678-654-3665
Email: [email redacted]
Address: 235 Bracken Trace,
Grayson, GA, 30017
Organizer and beneficiary
Wallene Blizzard
Organizer
Palatine, IL
Kimberley Morris Herrin
Beneficiary