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I hate having to create this fund and ask anybody for help, Money is the last thing I want to think about, and I’d pay any amount of money to be able to have my mom back. Asking for any help that anyone can give to get me back on my feet.
With the amount of money it took to take
care of my mom, I had very little savings and because I was her personal in home care worker, I am out of work & need to find a new job. With her passing I decided on cremation so she can always be with me and I also could never afford a viewing. But the cost of cremation was still more than I can afford. I couldn’t have a funeral at a church or funeral home because it’s too much too afford but she still deserves a nice Urn and celebration of life. On top of that I still need to pay rent and other bills for the apartment we shared.
Most people know that I was my mothers care taker. She always lived with me and before she got very sick and was just disabled, I was working to support the bills and all her medical equipment, always working 2 or 3 jobs back to back. I put school on hold and took out credit cards to afford everything she needed, even when I was working multiple jobs. I am so so grateful that in the last year of her life I was able to have the opportunity to be employed Full time to be her in home care worker. Bills were still paycheck to paycheck but we were managing. Over the summer we moved to a more handicap accessible apartment along with a friend to take the extra room. Mom was very sick but no one expected her to become free from her pain on Christmas Day. Even though I was lucky enough to be employed to care for her, now I am out of a job and looking to get back to work.
With the amount of money it took to take
care of my mom, I had very little savings and because I was her personal in home care worker, I am out of work & need to find a new job. With her passing I decided on cremation so she can always be with me and I also could never afford a viewing. But the cost of cremation was still more than I can afford. I couldn’t have a funeral at a church or funeral home because it’s too much too afford but she still deserves a nice Urn and celebration of life. On top of that I still need to pay rent and other bills for the apartment we shared.
Most people know that I was my mothers care taker. She always lived with me and before she got very sick and was just disabled, I was working to support the bills and all her medical equipment, always working 2 or 3 jobs back to back. I put school on hold and took out credit cards to afford everything she needed, even when I was working multiple jobs. I am so so grateful that in the last year of her life I was able to have the opportunity to be employed Full time to be her in home care worker. Bills were still paycheck to paycheck but we were managing. Over the summer we moved to a more handicap accessible apartment along with a friend to take the extra room. Mom was very sick but no one expected her to become free from her pain on Christmas Day. Even though I was lucky enough to be employed to care for her, now I am out of a job and looking to get back to work.
Organizer
Laura May Shanahan
Organizer
Folcroft, PA