To be perfectly honest, I am one of those people who criticized gofundme’s for a while. However I am here today in hopes to help those less fortunate. My story of adoption is one I don’t always discuss, but nevertheless a huge part of my life. When my biological mother discovered her pregnancy, she made one of the toughest and arguably most selfless choices a mother in that position could make - placing her child up for adoption. Poor, hungry, deprived of the simple things that many take for granted- she paved the way for me to be a part of the best family I could possibly ask for and have a life that would not have been attainable in her care. Being that my adoption was closed, I could not acquire any information regarding my biological family until I was 18. Eager and anxious, upon turning 18 I immediately began searching to find closure. It was months after and almost to a point of defeat when suddenly I received a message from some girl, asking me to look at her photos and also whether or not she looked familiar. Surely enough, it was my biological sister. It has been from that moment on that I’ve held my relationship with my biological family close. Just last week, I was informed by my siblings that my biological mother (pictured above) was very ill. What initially began as aspiration pneumonia escalated until she could no longer function without the assistance of many medications and life saving mechanisms. I flew down to see her, but as the doctors had expected, she did not make it. She passed two days following my visit. It is now that I ask those who can donate to please help me in contributing to my biological family’s funeral expenses. I too have been fortunate enough to be able to help in this process and have committed in doing all I can financially - but ask anyone who has means to do so to help this family, my biological family, hold the service for the woman who gave me the life that I am so thankful for. The funeral and memorial she deserves. No amount is too small.