Dear friends, family, and anyone with room in their heart,

I’m writing to you with a heaviness I wish none of us ever had to carry, and with a hope that together, we can lift even a small part of the weight that has fallen onto someone who has already weathered more than most people face in a lifetime.

Many of you know Kali. You know her heart, her strength, and her determination to keep life moving forward for her three children, even on the days when grief and exhaustion sit heavy on her shoulders. You know the storms she has already survived. And you know she has faced them with more grace and courage than anyone should ever be asked to give.

Two years ago, on July 15, Kali rang the bell and celebrated being cancer free after a long, brutal fight with breast cancer. It was a moment that felt like exhaling after holding her breath for years. A moment that brought real hope back into her home.

She deserved that peace. She deserved a long stretch of normal. But life had other plans.

On December 15th, everything changed. Kali, Olivia, Owen, and Otto lost their everything — Brian. His passing shattered the world they had worked so hard to rebuild. He was her partner, her best friend, and the father her kids adored. Even in her grief, she somehow found the strength to steady her family, to protect their hearts, and to keep showing up when most people would have collapsed.

And now, as they approach their first holiday season without him, she faces another unthinkable battle.

Yesterday, Kali received news no one should ever hear twice in a lifetime. Her doctors confirmed she has stage 4 metastatic breast cancer, and it has spread to the bones in her spine. Surviving cancer once is already a mountain. Hearing that it has returned — after everything she’s endured, after everything she’s already lost — is indescribably cruel.

She is overwhelmed. She is scared. She is exhausted in a way that is both physical and deeply emotional. But she is still trying to be strong for her children. She gets up each morning and chooses hope, even when it feels fragile.

This is one of those moments where community truly becomes family, where compassion becomes strength, and where love shows up in real ways.

Kali has survived breast cancer once. She has survived the loss of her husband. She has survived heartbreak after heartbreak. And now she is preparing to fight stage 4 cancer with the same courage she has shown through every unimaginable chapter of her life.

Let’s make sure she doesn’t have to fight it alone.

Thank you for showing up for Kali and her children, and for reminding them that they are surrounded by love.

With so much love,

A small piece of her village

What comes next

Her medical team has outlined an urgent and serious treatment plan:

A spinal biopsy to learn how far the cancer has spread

A full hysterectomy as soon as possible

After recovery, two long-term cancer-fighting medications to slow progression and manage symptoms

Continued appointments, scans, pain management, and ongoing care

This is a long road, and an impossibly heavy one to navigate alone.

Why your support matters

Kali is a widowed mother of three, now fighting stage 4 cancer while still carrying the weight of trauma and loss most people will thankfully never experience. No one can shoulder this kind of emotional, physical, and financial pressure without help.

Support will go toward

Medical bills and treatment costs

Surgery and recovery needs

Childcare and help at home

Transportation and appointments

Lost income while she undergoes treatment

Stability and comfort for her children during this frightening time

Your generosity means she can focus on staying alive — not on falling behind.

Why we’re asking

We are asking because the amount she has endured is almost unimaginable.

Because she deserves safety and support during this fight.

Because her children deserve steady ground beneath them.

Because no one should be asked to battle through this much loss, pain, and fear without a community behind them.

How you can help

If you’re able to donate, please know how deeply it will be appreciated. If you can’t, sharing this story, sending a prayer, or simply holding this family in your thoughts matters more than you know.