Assist JoAnn During This Difficult Time

Hi, my name is JoAnn. My father Relmon "Buddy" Cotten passed away on August 5th after a long battle with chirossis. While we miss him, at least he is no longer in pain. This was the last picture of us taken as a family at Trip's baptism. My Dad was so happy that he got to see Trip be baptized before he passed away. I'm also physichally disabled and am struggling at the moment. This means that I'm also in a very limited financial situation while I await to be appeoved for disability. His memorial and cremation where preplanned but as of this moment we haven't been able to locate a will and he didn't leave anyone as power of attorney. Those that have lost someone knows that there's still a lot of financial things that need to be taken care after a loved one passes away. The estate lawyer told me that since we can't find his will and no power of attorney was left that it can take months for me to access his money to do anything else that needs to be done. I live in the Houston area and his house and business are in Orange Texas. That's about 90 miles one way. I'm going to have to drive a lot to get the house ready for sale. It is basically just me left to deal with everything. Thankfully my aunt and a few others are helping me as they can, which i greatly appreciate. I'm going to have to hire movers, get moving supplies, ect. in addition to my gas to get back and forth. Additionally, I'm going to have to have food at both homes and anyone that has lost anyone knows eating in general is hard after a loss like this. That's why a lot of people make casseroles and frozen meals for those who's loved one passed away. I have about 40 food allergies so while I'd love to accept food that you made, unless you ask me specifically and make sure there is no cross contamination, it would be too great of a risk for me. Either donating here or giving me a gift card to a restaurant/grocery store will be the best way to keep me safe and keep me and my son (who was the light of my dad's life) fed. I'm the type of person that only asks for help if I have no other option and would much rather help someone than be the person asking for help, so this is very hard for me to ask for help right now but we truly need it, while I deal with the estate and the grief of losing my father and my son losing his Tata. Any little bit helps and would be so appreciated. Thank you and miss you Daddy-O.