Help the MacDonnell family thru this tragic loss
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I am trying to find the words. This is a post I never ever thought I would be making. There are so many emotions. Yesterday the unimaginable happened. My sister, Heidi, her two boys, Isaac and Eli, and everyone that loved Jesse, had their lives ripped apart. I feel like we are in a nightmare that we cannot wake from. It's like nothing makes sense. We have been thrust into the upside down.
Tragically, Jesse left us yesterday after a silent battle within his soul that we did not know he was waging. Jesse was the love of my sisters life. They have been together 20 years. Jesse was not just the bread winner, he was her true North, the anchor to their families ship. His was an involved and loving father to boys that adore him. It doesn't make sense. Jesse was invested in every part of their lives. We are truly at a loss. We so wish he would have reached out to any of the many people that adored him. Anybody. But he did not. He carried his burden silently until he could not go on.
We are navigating uncharted waters but thankfully we live in the most loving, caring, and compassionate community on planet earth. This is not hyperbole. MDI is a family and we might bicker sometimes, but what family doesn't? When push come to shove we are so blessed to have grown on the rock with our MDI family I have already been contacted by many of our friends and family asking what yall can do to help. Krista has created a meal tree and we have started a Go Fund Me to help in this time of need with funeral costs, daily expenses, college expenses and adjusting to the absolutely devastating loss of Jesse and all the space and places he once occupied.
To my Bubba Jesse:
I wish you would of said two words "I'm straggling" I would go to the ends of the earth for you my darling. We all would have. Why didn't you give us the chance? You were worth it. I hope you have found the peace you were searching for I will be here for our boys and my sister. May Angel's fly you safely home Bub
Tragically, Jesse left us yesterday after a silent battle within his soul that we did not know he was waging. Jesse was the love of my sisters life. They have been together 20 years. Jesse was not just the bread winner, he was her true North, the anchor to their families ship. His was an involved and loving father to boys that adore him. It doesn't make sense. Jesse was invested in every part of their lives. We are truly at a loss. We so wish he would have reached out to any of the many people that adored him. Anybody. But he did not. He carried his burden silently until he could not go on.
We are navigating uncharted waters but thankfully we live in the most loving, caring, and compassionate community on planet earth. This is not hyperbole. MDI is a family and we might bicker sometimes, but what family doesn't? When push come to shove we are so blessed to have grown on the rock with our MDI family I have already been contacted by many of our friends and family asking what yall can do to help. Krista has created a meal tree and we have started a Go Fund Me to help in this time of need with funeral costs, daily expenses, college expenses and adjusting to the absolutely devastating loss of Jesse and all the space and places he once occupied.
To my Bubba Jesse:
I wish you would of said two words "I'm straggling" I would go to the ends of the earth for you my darling. We all would have. Why didn't you give us the chance? You were worth it. I hope you have found the peace you were searching for I will be here for our boys and my sister. May Angel's fly you safely home Bub
If you are struggling please reach out for help or call the Suicide Prevention line at 988. You are worth it
Organizer and beneficiary
Amanda Austin
Organizer
Bar Harbor, ME
Heidi HAMBRECHT
Beneficiary