Help the LeBlanc family say goodbye to Icesis

As I sit to write this I pause and say a quick prayer - "Words don't fail me now!" We all had a 2020 that seemed to come from the depths of Hell and we all entered 2021 with the bright hope of a better year.   Tragically,  that hope was ripped from the lives of  our very dear friends, Jen LeBlanc, Chuck Sellick, and Brice LeBlanc on Thursday when their beautiful daughter Icesis passed away suddenly and unexpectedly.  In the blink of an eye their beloved daughter and the much loved sister of Audri, Reilly, Elias, Ethan, Jace, and Gabe was gone.  There will forever be an empty place at the  family BBQ's, no more sibling squabbles, no late night phone calls, and there will be one less stocking on the mantle at Christmas. Now when that special song comes on the radio or some momentous moment happens in their lives no one can pick up the phone and share it with Icesis, no one will hear her laughter echo through the house or lift her spirits when she is down.  Jen LeBlanc, Chuck Sellick, and Brice LeBlanc mastered something few ever master, the art of a loving, happy blended family, raising  7 intelligent, polite, well spoken children.   Icesis was the second eldest and the most troubled, she battle a demon know as Addiction and sadly it was this demon that took her from the family that loved her.  I know this demon, he haunts my own family, my youngest son has battled him for years.  I was so impressed and inspired by how open and frank Jen was about Icesis's battle, how she shared the raw emotions and the fears, the successes and the setbacks.  Audri, the eldest,  is an adult blazing her own path in life. The boys, actually young men is more accurate, are in various stages of college, receiving college acceptance letters or finishing high school.  The family has faced all that life and 2020 could throw at them and emerged a united family.  We can all tell the stories of recent slow downs and economic impact from COVID-19 now add to that raising 5 (hungry) young men and finances get a little more difficult.  As if life was rubbing salt in their open wounds on Monday, January 18th Jen and Chuck tested Positive for COVID-19 and were put in quarantine.  Still sick and feeling the effects of COVID-19, late Thursday January 21st, Jen received "THE CALL" and her world imploded.  You know "THE CALL" it is the one that every parent has dreaded from the moment their child took their first breath - the one that tells you they have taken their last breath.  No parent is prepared to hear those words and most of us, if we are honest, have not prepared to send our child to eternal rest.  This is a family that is always there to lend a helping hand to a friend, a family that is deeply involved in school sports and the community.  This family has been the rock for each other and many others in our community, now the entire family needs the love, support and help of the community.  Please help them send Icesis on her final journey.  No donation is too small, literally every dollar is a dollar closer to helping this tremendous family.  If you are not able to donate (everyone understands so no judgement) please take 2 minutes and share this GoFundMe to honor the life of Icesis and the love of her family.   It is the family's wish that any funds over and above what is needed for Icesis's final arrangements be donated to Crossroads Maine Rehabilitation Center.