Aid Aryian and Christopher in Honoring Hope

The loss of a child is something that is beyond our understanding, and the only way someone could understand is to have experienced this type of loss themselves.

My name is Rebekah, and I had the honor of being Hope Hinish's Aunt for seven and a half years. I made this GoFundMe to help pay for the expenses required to lay Hope to rest and celebrate Hope's life. Hope was and will always be a miracle from her first breath to her last. She was blessed with the most loving and dedicated family. Her parents (Aryian & Christopher Hinish) and three loving sisters (Ava, Kaylee, and Sophia) made the decision to love her no matter what. Hope was a blessing to her family and everyone who had the pleasure to know her. Before Hope was born, the doctors told her parents that they should consider terminating the pregnancy because a baby born with Trisomy-18 stands very little chance of surviving outside of the womb, and best case scenario, the baby would not live past their first year. But what the doctors did not know is the love her parents had for this child and the strong, unrelenting faith in God they both share. God blessed their family with Hope not for a day, not for one year, but for seven and a half years! Every day with Hope was a blessing, and while she did live with challenges, these challenges were overcome with love and support from her family, friends, and the dedicated nurse and care team. While we know our time on earth is something only God determines, and we know that Hope is made whole and is now in heaven, we are all heartbroken to have to say goodbye for now.

Through all of this, life continues on for us here on earth, and this family is now having to make arrangements for Hope's funeral and burial, which come at a great cost. If you know this family, my brother Christopher, and his wife Aryian, you will know they are the first ones to give help to others, and the last ones to ask for it. So I am asking for them. Please help this family during their time of immense sorrow and need by contributing what you can to help reach our goal.