Please Help Our Mom, Ruth Honeycutt Blackburn

Hi, my name is Aaron. Many of you know me and many of you don’t. My world has come crashing down. My mom was sent home on hospice care this week. Doctors say she has fought as hard as she can and there is nothing medically they can do now. We are absolutely devastated and scared. My mom is a 51 year old single mom who lives alone with my little sister, Jordan (age 14), in a small rental home in Brownsburg, Indiana. She has worked so hard to support us through the years, she even continued to work after diagnosis until she physically could not anymore. I am reaching out asking for help. We need help to pay for our mom's funeral expenses and help in getting a trust fund started for my little sister.  In these last days, we know our mom will rest easier if she doesn’t have these financial worries. Please read below to learn more about our amazing mom!

Ruth Honeycutt Blackburn: Ruth became a mom at the young age of 19 with the birth of her son, Aaron (now 32). Ruth fell in love with being a mom and later adopted Jordan (now 14) as an infant in 2005. That was just the beginning of raising children for Ruth. Through the process of adoption, Ruth became involved in foster care and for the last 15 years she has helped foster over 250 children. Ruth also formed a non-profit organization in Brownsburg called Jordan's Place that has assisted over 600 foster families with basic necessities. Ruth's big heart has made a huge impact on her community. Ruth's Passions: Ruth loves spending time with her children and watching them become strong, independent and compassionate individuals. She loves spending time with the love of her life, Steve, her mom of the heart, Ostella and her close friends. Ruth enjoys photography.  She enjoys capturing still photos of nature in motion and seeing life in a new way.

Ruth's Health Journey: In July of 2018, after a couple months of chronic issues, doctors found a tumor and quickly diagnosed Ruth with Stage 4 Neuroendocrine Carcinoma; a very rare cancer with less than 1.8% of the world's population having it, making it less understood even among oncologists.  The cancer quickly spread through out her body. Ruth fought hard through many aggressive chemotherapy treatments but they always ended in ER runs to the hospital with severe pain and even once filled her lungs with blood clots that ultimately destroyed a portion of her lung. By October 2019, Ruth and her small circle of support decided to travel to a specialist in Kentucky to seek a more effective medical approach. Hopes were high as a new plan of treatment was underway. However, the pain continued to worsen and the chemo regimen was not working. Ruth spent most of this past holiday season in the hospital with severe pain. On Jan 31, 2020, the doctors held a big meeting with Ruth and her small circle of support and told us there is nothing left to try, nothing Ruth can do to fight this disease anymore and that hospice is the best plan. We are heart broken and greatly appreciate all prayers and support. We need to turn her small circle of support into a ginormous one!