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Help Areil Rebuild After Tragic Loss

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My name is Areil Kessinger, I am incredibly lucky to be married to Robert Kessinger. We met when we were 17 years old at a juvenile detention facility called White’s. If you ask him that’s when he fell in love with me. Our paths crossed again in December of 2017, and we’ve been inseparable ever since. Robert and I have three daughters together. He gave me the most hauntingly gorgeous wedding on Halloween of 2022. Exactly one year before I lost my mom. After losing my mom we ended up losing our home. We’ve really been struggling since then. Robert usually always tried to make the best of every situation and he was good at it. Robert has lost a few very important people to him in a very short time and it really took a toll on his mental health. Unfortunately he lost his battle with his mental health Friday June 14th. But not before saving 4 lives by being a donor. As you can imagine this is all a nightmare for me and it’s made worse by not really a steady place to stay. Robert took care of all us girls and made it look easy even though I know it was hard on him. He was our everything and we are just lost without him. Everything going the way it did left me kind of stuck in our car. So I’m just hoping to get a little help getting back on my feet, it’s going to be a long journey learning to live on my own and be a single mother again. I need help getting our car legal so I’m safe while driving around and need help with housing and getting us a new home. And keeping up with life in between. Robert is blessed to have family who can cover his funeral and arraignments (I hate even typing this stuff ) so that is taken care of but I would like to be able to help with as much as possible. I don’t even like asking for help right now but I also know I need the help and Robert would want us taken care of. I would also like to donate something to help with suicide awareness. And men’s mental health.
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Donations (4)

  • Samantha Mannion
    • $25 
    • 11 d
  • Emily Ulceus
    • $20 
    • 11 d
  • Christine Pace
    • $100 
    • 17 d
  • Dessa Engle
    • $15 
    • 18 d
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Areil Waikel
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Fort Wayne, IN

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