Please help support Mark and Katie after their tragic loss

Usually, I’m pretty good at describing my feelings, but more recently, I’ve found myself at a loss for words.

I’ve written and rewritten so many things to say about my little angel, but nothing seems to describe the immense hole I feel in my heart. I’ve lost many people, and it never gets any easier, but I certainly didn’t expect any loss to feel any harder. I had never experienced losing someone I loved before I had met them. Losing her long before she should have ever been taken has hit me harder.

I don’t have children of my own, and I can only imagine the kind of love a parent has for their child based on what I’ve seen. And I’ve seen the way Mark and Katie have loved each other through thick and thin. I have seen the ways they have loved their two children unconditionally since the day they found out they were pregnant with each of them.

This last pregnancy was no different. From the moment they found out, they loved her unconditionally, and they were so excited to welcome her into this world; we all were. She was loved so much, long before she had a due date or a name.

I still remember my best friend telling me she was pregnant, and I was so excited to welcome another niece into my life. We had been counting down the days until we would meet our sweet girl.

On September 21, 2024, the unthinkable happened. She was gone before she arrived; she was born asleep, born an angel.

She was supposed to be here, alive and well, and not having her here has been devastating. The loss has so deeply affected my best friends, their families, myself, and so many people that were waiting to welcome her into this world and watch her grow old.

The loss is unimaginable, and the trauma has been devastating to Mark and Katie. They are suffering silently and trying their best to continue to give Trey and Charlie the mom and dad they’ve always had.

They are not the type to ask for help, so I’m asking for them. They have suffered so much physically, emotionally, and mentally that I can’t stand the idea of them suffering financially.

They’ve been bombarded with medical bills and have been trying to keep up with their regular bills on top of going to therapy to try to cope with their loss.

The bills just keep coming, and they’re trying to keep up, but with two kids, Katie being postpartum, and the loss they’ve had, they’re struggling.

Though they’d never ask for help, I am asking on their behalf.

Thank you for taking the time to read about the most beautiful, wonderful baby girl I never got to meet.

In loving memory of

Reese Eleanor Wiggins

Rest in peace, sweet girl, you are forever loved.