Donate to Alora Fish: Battling Cancer's Aftermath

I'm raising funds for my daughter, Alora Fish. Special Special Funds. You see, that was her nickname for her dad, my Special Special Super Daddy, whom we'll never be able to replace. No. A thief called Stage 4 Prostate Cancer that spread to his abdomen took her dad, losing a heroic battle in December 2024. Even though we divorced in 2023 we became friends again and no matter what with our children each others back we shall always have. So I'm not going to let cancer win the war by her not attending college to avoid her losing the 5-year-old house, his Lady Bird deed left to our then 17 but now 18-year-old daughter

I started a DBA HRFish Artisan Child Fund not only to remember a really good man and an even better father and hearing his estates sole representative our daughter ask what will happen when his final paycheck that started an estate account runs low.

Her dad was a college instructor for almost 50 years...he ended up earning 6 figures with social security added to his wages. Not enough time in the day for once long time house wife and a still in hugh school to be employed enough to earn what he did for now. Yet

Her and I are creative and will join up creating art to supplement livelihood retain that living feeling...the dragon with its head turned. She uses art like many for therapy. Dec 6 her dad returned from his oncologist with disability form he had hoped once turned into Kalamazoo Valley Community College a semester of paid leave off would help fight the cancer better.

However, that errand his very last had him returned whooped needing to pull his Mr. T Tesla over for he had started blacking out. Not knowing his true fate as he layed on his bed and going to see hiw he wasxwstchubgvhim stagger from entry way his words were this.." I'm sorry Alora I'm Sorry Flint I tried." He then added he didn't know if he'd make it..Rested he said he didn't eat or drink enough so his joy picking the kids up relieving thrm of a longer bus ride home I took over that day. Wanting him to be Special as he was to her I bought him flowers pink ones like Alora was once crazy for pink as a much younger her.

And so the flowers she and I went to the Byron Center U of M hospital 5 hours after an ambulance took him away from Woodland House. It's our name for home a house built within woods and those flowers we did place within his hand. Flowers stayed until he passed. Eventually we departed the hospital five hours later on Dec 7th for it was just after midnight when cancer won his battle and those flowers he held I replaced with spare in my pocket.

Alora has the flowers her father held in life and then his death putting into art..Ferris is where she hopes to go for art and may she continue on her father's hope to own her home and college. Long live the spirit of a loving father in one HR Fish.