Donate to Honor Kyla's Memory and Support Her Boys

I am writing to ask friends and family for support as we lay my niece, Kyla (Ky) to rest. As many know, in her 35 years, Kyla experienced multiple layers of trauma and loss. Her father, my brother passed away while Kyla was just 3 years old and her mother passed away when Kyla was 15. She went to live with maternal family members. Going to a new family at such a pivotal age was difficult for her. She did what most, if not all teenagers do at that age. She began discovering herself and part of that in included going along with others to experiment with drinking and recreational drug use. When you have so much loss and pain, as she did, recreational experimentation can lead to an actual addiction. And that’s what happened to Kyla.

We learned that on August 10, Kyla had a drug overdose which led to a heart attack and her organs being severely damaged. Because she was revived on scene and brought to Baystate hospital in Springfield and put on life support. We as a family including her three boys ages 13, 9, and 8 had the opportunity to say our good byes. She was taken off life support on August 17. On August 18, her youngest celebrated his 8th birthday without momma.

while part of us always waited with dread for something like this to happen, you could never really be prepared for the death of a loved one. Needless to say, we are desperately trying to come up with the finances to give her a proper burial and her children see their momma one last time.

We are asking anyone that knew Kyla consider donating a small amount to our Go Fund Me. We are asking that anyone who understands addiction and what it robs a person of, consider donating. We are asking anyone who wants to reach back to that lost three year old girl and want to do something to take care of her now, consider donating. We are asking that anyone who recognizes the importance of three young boys to have family and friends surround them with love in a ritual known as a wake and funeral, consider donating, to our Go Fund Me. It is so important that we hold them while they grieve. Thank you so much for your consideration and support. Please keep our family in thoughts and prayers and God bless you and your loved ones.