Help Cheyenne lay her mother Cathy to rest

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My name is Cheyenne, and I am Cathy's daughter and Power of Attorney. On February 7, my mother went into respiratory failure brought on by a combination of factors. After numerous days of testing, observation, scans, and more observation, she was diagnosed as having suffered a severe brain injury from her collapse/extended time without oxygen that would require 24/7 care and years of physical and cognitive therapy. Based on numerous conversations with her over the years (and her Advance Directive on paper), I knew this outlook was not how my mom would want to live, so I will be helping her find peace within the next week. Cathy was such a strong, resilient woman, and I often thought she was too passionate and too large for society's expectations. Incredibly kind, sassy, curious, and empathetic, she was my biggest cheerleader and taught me to fight for what I wanted in life. She was born in a time when women weren't allowed in sports, weren't allowed to buy a house, or have a credit card without a husband. She would get in fights at elementary school because her mother was in an interracial relationship. Cathy was a woman used to fighting for what she wanted against a system that discredited and discounted her at every turn, and that is the most crucial lesson she taught me. One of the earliest things I remember her repeating to me is, "You can be anything you want to be, even the President." She was so excited for me to grow up in a time when women had equal rights and access. She was determined to help me achieve my dreams in life, even without much money. At the time of the accident, my mom was living with a disability, poor, living in subsidized housing, and surviving solely on SNAP benefits. She had little to her name and frequently worried about what would happen when she passed away. She hated the idea of driving me into debt because of her death. While I told her not to worry about it (as most kids do), I did and do worry about it. I live in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, attending the University of Hawaiʻi while working a part-time job. Obviously, this has taken a toll on me mentally and required me to leave Hawaiʻi for the majority of a month in order to take care of my mom in her final moments and organize her belongings. I'm creating this fundraiser to cover the costs of cremation, shipping her belongings to my house in Hawaiʻi, Death Certificates, and the numerous other things related to end-of-life planning that I'm sure I'm forgetting. I may also buy a smaller, transportable urn for my grandmother, my mother's mother, since her current urn is solid brass and weighs 30 lbs. It will also help cover the cost of the rental car I have for two to three weeks, and since I have used all my paid vacation and sick days for the year already, it would also help cover lost income since I will likely not be mentally ready to return to work when my allotted time is up. So many people have shown me such amazing support through this difficult time and have shown my mother so much love. I appreciate every single person who has prayed for her and sent their good thoughts and blessings over the past week.