Brandon’s family is incredibly grateful ❤️

The last update for this fundraiser is Nathan’s Bike! Nathan enjoyed bike riding and with his dad recently before his passing so there was a special connection with this birthday gift for him from his dad and I-thanks to all the love and generosity shown us.

And here it is the new wheel came in, and it’s all together!

again, thank you. Everyone who took the time to read all of this and contributed to the fundraiser. I know Brandon is smiling down on his son.

Thank you so much.

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR ALL THE LOVE AND SUPPORT AND DONATIONS❤️❤️❤️

we were able to have a fantastic birthday party for Nathan to include a big game truck and a beautiful new bike!!! (unfortunately the bike came with a frozen nut, so we are waiting on the front wheel replacement-pic to come)

Nathan has been drawing a lot of pictures and his auntie got him a very cool light tab that he can easily trace pictures on. And he has trace so many beautiful pictures of his dad and him.

we were able to throw an incredible celebration of life for Brandon!!!! So many people showed up to help out and show their love.

Nathan Loved it. He will have wonderful memories of this day, that can hopefully help lighten that heartache even just a little.

We will put together a scrapbook and we have a box. We are putting all of our special “Dad” stuff in a memory box.

We are still waiting for a death certificate, anyone who has navigated things like this knows how challenging it can be to navigate affairs without it. (Monterey County is behind 3-4 months for certain cases☹️) so thankfully, due to the donations, we were able to navigate a lot of financial hurdles and I have not had to return to my second job and I am hoping to not ever have to! It is time to focus on enjoying life and making memories with my son.

We are so grateful there are not enough words.

I have seen so many recent stories of young people passing away. My heart goes out to all of the families and friends who are navigating such heartache right now. In honor of Brandon and Nathan’s love for each other, I promise to give back to the community or to others in need as soon as possible.

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As most of you know by now, Brandon, my sons father, has sadly passed away.

Thank you for all of the love and support. We have literally been saturated with calls, texts, messages, gifts…..I haven’t even been able to get back to everyone, but I will! Everyone of you reaching out means everything. We love you all!

I don’t have the right words right now other than Brandon loved his son more than anything and Nathan thought the absolute world of his dad ‍

There will be a Memorial Service as well as a Celebration of Life to honor Brandon in the near future. More information to come.

We are trying to set up plans and as you all know things like this are unexpected and we are not financially ready to navigate what is immediately ahead. I have been working 2 jobs to make ends meet, and for the near future I will not be able to work my weekend job. Loss of wages have already started and we are only beginning to make plans to honor a father, son, brother, uncle, cousin, grandson, friend Brandon.

We are trying to keep his vehicle for his son to have as it is in good shape and Nathan has many memories in that car including a recent 10day road trip to Oregon. Nathan asked if he could sit in it.

Making sure his mom can get down here and family members can stay together in AIR BNB they are as far as Montana, Arizona, Oregon

Brandon and I were going to split the costs for Nathan’s Birthday Party in April and get him a new bike (he’s outgrown his current bike) Nathan is really enjoying riding his bike these days.

……Among other things.

I have tried to list out what we are looking at to be transparent.

Any help is greatly appreciated.❤️

update: Thank you so much for all of the donations that’s far! I have had friends reach out, offering to help pay for Nathan’s bike and money towards his birthday party as well as flowers for his service thank you so much!

CVRC Rental $1000

My missed work $1500

Food, decor, cleaning deposit and misc for celebration hall $1000

Food, flowers, and decor for the memorial $500

BJ Car pay off for Nathan $3000

Air BNB for out of town family to stay at $1500

Nathan’s birthday party and new bike we were going to split $500

Flights for Bjs mom $700

If you want to donate towards something specific on the list just me know.

This is a rough draft I may edit it to be more polished.

love you all.