For those that know, its been a really rough month... its been a really rough year... its been a rough few years honestly.

In the last month i lost both my beloved dog Lenny to horrific kidney disease very abruptly and a week later lost my father Patrick. Patrick had spent the last 3 months either in the hospital or in a nursing home for rehabilitation before he took the ultimate turn for the worst. During these months i have had to take many day off work and stop working overtime to help my father, spend time with him while he was in these facilities, and to grieve. I am the only income in our household.

My family is left in shambles, all thats left is my brother and I. 4 years ago we lost our mother and ever since our father was depressed, they were the thing we all hope to find, TRUE LOVE. We find solace in the fact that they are now reunited, wherever it is that we go after we pass.

We are hoping to help ease the burden of not one, but two cremation fees, as well as being able to now finally celebrate the life of our parents in a memorial. My mother and father did not have funerals. They wanted a memorial where everyone they love, and everyone who loved them, and us (their kids) could come together and share food and the stories of the happy times. We understand times are tough, but anything helps.