My name is Temica and with one of the heaviest hearts I have ever carried I am asking for help during the most painful and overwhelming time of my life.

Anyone who knows me knows that I am not the type of person to ask for handouts. I have always been the one to figure things out on my own, to work hard, to provide for my family and to make a way no matter what obstacles stood in front of me. I have always carried myself with pride and asking for help has never come easy to me.

But today I have no choice but to put my pride aside and be vulnerable.

Recently I lost my father after his battle with stage four cancer. Diagnosed February 16th and passing away March 30th. Losing him has shattered me in ways I cannot even begin to explain. Watching someone you love slowly decline knowing there is nothing you can do to stop it, is a pain that no one can truly understand until they live through it. I was there caring for him, loving him and doing everything I could to make sure he was comfortable in his final days.

At the same time, while trying to care for my father during his illness I was also dealing with the devastating loss of my employment. After dedicating myself fully to the company I worked for, taking on multiple responsibilities, going above and beyond my duties and always stepping up whenever I was needed. I unexpectedly lost my job due to circumstances completely outside of my control. The company I gave so much of myself to is now under investigation and in the midst of everything myself and many others were left without income and without the pay that we worked for.

To lose my job during one of the hardest moments of my life while trying to care for my dying father has been mentally, emotionally and financially devastating.

Now I am left grieving the loss of my father while also carrying the burden of trying to find a way to lay him to rest properly when I am financially struggling just to stay afloat.

I am humbly asking for help to raise funds for my father’s burial and memorial expenses so that I can honor him properly and give him the goodbye he deserves.

If you can donate no matter how small it would mean more to me than words could ever express. If you cannot donate I simply ask that you share this and keep me and my family in your prayers.