HelpMyMothersFuneralBeAsBeautifulAsSheWas!

Firstly, I’d like to say thank you so much for taking the precious time out of your day to read my story.

My name is Laila Winson, I am 17 years old and am currently studying at sixth form, in hopes to one day become a psychiatric Therapist.

On Sunday 5th December 2021, my beloved mother, Sarah Cooper, sadly lost her life. Leaving behind 3 children. Myself, my autistic twin brother, Louis and our younger brother Reuben, 3 years old.

My mum’s death came as a shock to us all.

In early November, our whole family ( my mum, dad, siblings, aunties etc..) all caught COVID-19.

As all of us began to recover, my mum was still ill. In mid November, she decided to go to the hospital in order to get medical assistance for her recovery.

After a few days in hospital she was moved in to intensive care as her condition was decreasing. Some days, we would hear from the doctors that she was getting better and doing well, the next she would not be doing well at all. After fighting for days and days, on the morning of the 5th December, she had to be ventilated. That day she went on to suffer 3 cardiac arrests whilst on the ventilator ( and in a medically induced coma) , resuscitation was preformed but proved not to be successful. She passed away that afternoon with me, my dad, and my twin brother present in the room standing at her side. Despite her lack of consciousness, it was a pleasure to be stood by her side and holding her hand.

She was an incredible woman. Loving, Friendly, kind. She would go to the ends of the earth to help others and spent her working life as a psychiatrist nurse for the NHS. As said by almost everyone who ever met her, she was the type of person you’d never forget due to the extent of her kindness. The type of woman I aspire to be.

The reason I’ve set up this page is to kindly as for any support towards managing the financial burden of her funeral. My mother was wonderful and deserves the most perfect send off. Unfortunately, she did not have life insurance, or a will. Her pension and finances are to be distributed evenly between her 3 children ( me and my two brothers) However, because we are all under 18, none of my mums finances can be accessed until we become adults.

With my mum being the breadwinner of the family and my dad, despite his previous full time employment as a family support worker, now a full time uni student studying social work. We are left in a very difficult situation in terms of paying for the funeral & Wake. We are blessed with a roof over our heads, food in our stomachs and enough money to get by, however, such a big, unexpected cost like this is very damaging to our finances.

Any donations would be greatly appreciated. Simply to help cover the cost.

From the bottom of my heart, Thank you so very much!