Bring Peace to Mary Fuentes' Family

Hi I'm C'estLaVie Wisowaty and I'm trying to raise a little money to help me take my mom's ashes to her favorite place back home in NJ.

For several months now I've been planning for a very overdue trip back home to New Jersey. I haven't been able to afford a visit home in over 10 years. I have 2 kids, my 15 yr old daughter who was just a baby when we moved and my 10 year old son whom I was pregnant with my last trip home 10 years ago. I would love for them to be able to meet my family. What makes this trip even more important was the loss of my mother, Mary "Jodi" Fuentes. She died a year ago July 23rd and because she had no life insurance or any savings at all we never were able to have a funeral service or anything for her. My mom moved down to NC to help me get away from an abusive relationship and she wanted nothing more than to be able to go back home one day. Unfortunately she was diagnosed with liver cancer and was unable to receive any treatment because of another medical condition she had, psoriasis. The cancer rapidly took over her body and she died within 6 months of her diagnosis.

I was never able to get her home before she died so my kids and I thought it would be a great idea to take her ashes home and lay her to rest at her favorite place back home. We started planning this trip about 6 months ago and were supposed to leave July 22nd so the memorial could be done on the 23rd, exactly one year after her passing. The weekend before the trip my truck broke down and cost me almost $600 to fix. So once again I'm unable to take my mom home. My kids are very understanding and tell me it'll be ok we'll get Grandma home another time. I'm still trying to make this trip happen not just for my mom now but for them, my kids. They've experienced a lot of loss between their stepmom 2 years ago and their grandma last year. They put on strong faces but I know they need this. School is fast approaching and if I can do anything to make this trip possible I would. So I'm starting here to ask everyone for a little help please. Help me take my mom home to rest in peace and help me bring my kids a little closure on the losses they've had.