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A daughter, sister, young mom's early departure

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A daughter, a sister, young mom's early departure.. it’s never easy having to find words to write and describe the greatness of a person, a situation or a circumstance one has gone through. But nonetheless, I humbly and with a great broken heart have to find and muster up the right verbiage and words to ask for help laying (my sister, a mother, a daughter, a wife, an aunt, and a friend) to rest and describing the grandness of her selflessness in this walk we call life. You know, in the early stages of life we don't plan to get sick or start thinking of putting money aside for our deaths. We plan on falling in love, having a relationship with God, we plan on things like finishing school, starting a family, Buying a house, and watching our kids grow up and have lives of their own. But it's with a heavy heart that I have to disclose my sister's life was cut short because of cancer, leaving her two young boys (14yr, 16yr) and her recent reuniting with her husband who was kept in Mexico for the last 11 years. Not once did my sister ever complained about having to be mom and dad while Israel was in Mexico fighting his way back over here. No, she waited patiently and relentlessly working on not just getting him his Visa but also working to have a life, for herself, her kids, her husband and their future. But no matter how stressful life was trying to be, you could not take her God-given shine. We didn't know Maggie would get sick and we sure didn't know about her diagnosis till was confirmed too late. We prayed and we tried relentlessly hard to slow the progression but that's all we could do. Even along the way through this bumpy road of trials, in the midst of it all, it was her God-given shine that shimmered even on this dark road. Her Strength, her faith the endless unconditional love she had for her kids her husband and her family are what kept her going. It was sad when Israel (her husband) finally arrived home after 11 years of being in Mexico because by this time- time was getting shorter and didn't seem to be on our side. As if her spirit knew she could finally rest knowing that her 2 boys would finally be reunited with their dad in that unconditional union of Love they had for one another. We didn't plan on my sister getting sick and we sure didn't expect it to be so fast but we weren't prepared to say goodbye. We weren't prepared to lay her to rest. Asking for this kind of help is hard and how can I when it's breaking all our hearts. Some of the medical costs did put a financial strain on us along the way but anything donated would help. The cost to help lay my sister (Magdalena Santibañez-Tinoco) to rest would be 18 thousand but anything, no matter how big or small..is and would be really appreciated.  [1/10/85-6/28/23]
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    Jennifer Santibanez
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    Houston, TX

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