September 14th 2012 our family of 6 was tragically reduced to 5. My younger brother lost his life at the young age of 18. After this our family was never the same and always felt a piece of our puzzle was missing. We were broken and trying our best to get through each day. Just over 3 years later on November 8th 2015 we also lost my father to a heart attack. He was only 44 and this was extremely unexpected. My mother is now without her soulmate who she has been with since they were 14 years old and would have hit 30 years together December of this year (2015). My little sister is in her senior year of high school and trying her best to find the strength to go on without her daddy. We will never have our dad to walk us down the isle. My other younger brother is expecting his first baby any day now and my dad will never get to hold his first grandbaby that he was so very excited to meet. We had many funeral expenses as well as the amount of my fathers income to now supplement to help my mom support my sisters final year in high school. My brother and I just want to make the most heart wrenching time of my moms life as least stressful as possible while also prolonging the childhood my sister has now had ripped away from her twice. My mother is also taking a much needed leave of absence from work being that she is a 911 dispatcher and the thought of answering those heart wrenching calls while dealing with all of this brings her to tears. We would like to reach our goal as soon as possible to keep everything as normal as possible for my sister and pay the funeral expenses back. My brother and I are so thankful for anyone that is capable and willing to help our beautiful mother. It is only love and support that has even got us this far without my dad. Thank you so much.   xoxo Valeriann and Damian