Steven D. Paulo passed away today at 51 years old due to a life long drug addiction. It pains me to ask for help, but I am doing this for my son, Tyler.

Throughout Tyler’s life Steve has been an addict. He was far from a good father, but under the addiction was a good heart.  I believe he loved his son but wasn’t able to show it properly because of the addiction.

I will not sit here and lie about my feelings for Steve, because if you know me, then you know how I feel. I watched my little boy have to deal with unimaginable pain that no adult should have to deal with, let alone a child as young as 4 or 5. Steve’s actions (or lack of) caused Tyler to take over the role as parent to Steve being the child. Tyler has been through a world of stress, anxiety and hurt in his almost 24 years because of his father’s addiction.  

Why am I asking for help with burial expenses for someone I clearly have/had hostility towards? I am asking for my son, the person I live and breathe for. That little boy loved his father. That little boy, now grown man of almost 24, has waited his whole life for his father to becomethe father he always wanted. I can’t give him that, and never could, and now Steve has lost that chance.  What I would love to be able to give Tyler is a memorial for the man he loved with all his heart, unconditionally. I would love for my son to see that his father was a good person under the addiction and that people did care about him at one time or another. I can’t bear the thought of him thinking that no one loved Steve, ever, and have his remains taken care of by the state because I can’t afford this expense.  I don’t have a total yet, and I would not ask for a certain “goal” to be reached. I know this is a horrible time financially for a lot of people, which makes it that much harder for me to ask for any kind of help.  All I ask is if anyone is able to help in ANY way, it would be appreciated more than you would know.  I couldn’t give my son the father he wanted, but I will do my best to give Steve the send off that a boy who loved his Dad would want to give him. 

Thank you all ❤️

RIP Steve