As most know, my father, Thomas Martin, passed away on 07/08/2021. Although it was not a complete surprise, it did catch us off guard with how sudden it was.
I’m still trying to process it myself. If you know me
or him, you would know we’ve been through everything together and we were all each other had for a while. We did not have a picture book perfect relationship, but I would not change it for anything in the world. Losing him has completely flipped my world upside down. I’ve lost my dad at only 21, he has a 3 year old grandson and one on the way that he was not able to meet that he’s left behind. I don’t know how to keep pushing without him, he’s literally always been the only person I had through my entire life, he was my only piece of family before my kids. While part of me is relieved that he was ready and he was at peace with everything, I was not ready for him to go. My heart is broken beyond words and I cannot even describe the emptiness I feel knowing he’s gone. I lost my best friend.
My dads specific wishes were to be cremated, to have his ashes split between me, my sister Heather and also his partner Alicia, and also to be spread across the Alafia (if you know him, you know how much he loved it there.). However, I am very young myself and going through prior money problems ahead of this, at which it’s a big struggle trying to pull money together at such sudden timing on top of it all. $1,200 would cover cremation and fees, the urns, and also for the death certificates. 100% would go to my dads wishes, and if I were to receive extra then I would start using it for his celebration of life that is being done solely in the way he would prefer as well. Anything helps, and I’m just desperate to at least get what he specifically wanted done. I very much thank and appreciate anyone who took the time to even read this. Even just a share could help. Thank you again!