Help my girls bury their daddy
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I hate asking for money. I’m not good at asking for help. In this case, my daughters lost their daddy 3 nights ago after he had a massive heart attack at the age of 42.
He loves his daughters more than life itself. To the point that he called my phone at 10:06 pm while having a heart attack after we had gone to sleep to leave a message telling the girls he loved them if he died… even before calling 911. That 12 second voicemail is a gift they will cherish til their last breath.
They had plans this week with their dad deep sea fishing and atv riding.
He was a big kid with them and they loved to do things with him.
Hs battled addiction many years. Mostly alcohol. He went to rehab and got sober for the first time in my girls lives. They loved that, but slowly the stress of life brought him back to the bottle. He was functional and worked as a skilled mechanic. But apparently the years of wear and tear on his body failed him this past Saturday night.
My girls are devastated. I too am devastated because I know how this feels. I lost my dad at 12 years old to a car accident. My youngest is 12, and my oldest is 14.
We are still in shock, and still have to go identify his body after the autopsy.
We then have to figure out a celebration of life/ burial or cremation. There will be no more child support of any kind, physical or financial. No more fixing our car for us, oil changes, or just being there when we needed him to help us fix stuff at our home.
He was a good man but struggled with depression and many demons from his past. He loved life only when he was with his girls.
They want to give him a proper burial. They were his beating heart since they were born. Now the girls have to bury their dad and say goodbye.
We know he’s in heaven, but the pain is always there just like for me at every important event in my life where my dad couldn’t be there. They will experience all of those highs with always an emptiness only he could fill.
He knew he had health problems, and he did his best to fix them. He wanted to walk his daughters down the aisle someday. That honor now goes to me.
Please help my girls give their dad the burial they need to have for him. We barely make it every month on our bills because of inflation even with his support, so we cannot afford this.
Thank you for reading, and please keep my daughters in your thoughts and prayers as they navigate the rest of their lives without their daddy.
He loves his daughters more than life itself. To the point that he called my phone at 10:06 pm while having a heart attack after we had gone to sleep to leave a message telling the girls he loved them if he died… even before calling 911. That 12 second voicemail is a gift they will cherish til their last breath.
They had plans this week with their dad deep sea fishing and atv riding.
He was a big kid with them and they loved to do things with him.
Hs battled addiction many years. Mostly alcohol. He went to rehab and got sober for the first time in my girls lives. They loved that, but slowly the stress of life brought him back to the bottle. He was functional and worked as a skilled mechanic. But apparently the years of wear and tear on his body failed him this past Saturday night.
My girls are devastated. I too am devastated because I know how this feels. I lost my dad at 12 years old to a car accident. My youngest is 12, and my oldest is 14.
We are still in shock, and still have to go identify his body after the autopsy.
We then have to figure out a celebration of life/ burial or cremation. There will be no more child support of any kind, physical or financial. No more fixing our car for us, oil changes, or just being there when we needed him to help us fix stuff at our home.
He was a good man but struggled with depression and many demons from his past. He loved life only when he was with his girls.
They want to give him a proper burial. They were his beating heart since they were born. Now the girls have to bury their dad and say goodbye.
We know he’s in heaven, but the pain is always there just like for me at every important event in my life where my dad couldn’t be there. They will experience all of those highs with always an emptiness only he could fill.
He knew he had health problems, and he did his best to fix them. He wanted to walk his daughters down the aisle someday. That honor now goes to me.
Please help my girls give their dad the burial they need to have for him. We barely make it every month on our bills because of inflation even with his support, so we cannot afford this.
Thank you for reading, and please keep my daughters in your thoughts and prayers as they navigate the rest of their lives without their daddy.
Organizer
Brady Bennett
Organizer
Pahoa, HI