Hi, my name is Jocelyn Ortega, and my mom, Maria Guadalupe is a angel in heaven.

She did everything for my siblings and me. She leaves behind 5 of us, and the youngest is only just five years old.

She cleaned my car windows before I drove off. She cooked all our meals. The kitchen always sounded like a restaurant because we all wanted different meals. When I say she did everything for us, I mean she did everything for us, her babies. She made our beds, did our laundry, packed our lunch, and held our backpacks for us. Even our cats call my mom "Ma!". Everyone else is Meow to them. Anytime my mom went outside to take the trash, my little brother followed, and the cats would yell "Maaaaaaaaaa!" to follow along too.

She was so strong. She was always ready to help anyone. She taught me a lot this week about faith. She suffered a stroke at night when we were sleeping, and our little cat alerted my sister, who found her about one hour later. At the hospital, they did everything they could. Although she was very sick, I believed she would get better. She suffered two more strokes a few days later, but she was still with us.

The last time I saw her, I told her I would take really really good care of my little brother and I would try to be just like her.

I'm asking for donations to fund her funeral and any amount will go a long way.

Thank you,

JO