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It has been one year since Andrea lost her beloved Rick to the Melanoma that had riddled his body with cancer. Just days after Rick passed, Drea and the kids celebrated their first Christmas without Rick.
Then followed a year of more difficult and lonely firsts without a beloved husband and daddy: first birthdays, first wedding anniversary, first Easter, and first Thanksgiving. Then there were all the simple, yet profoundly important, firsts without Rick: the baby’s first steps, Finn’s first karate class, and the first day of school. Now here they are again at Christmas. A whole year without him.
While Andrea has missed Rick tremendously and feels his absence acutely, she has still worked so hard to create a beautiful life for their kids. She has been intentional to build new traditions for their family. Traditions that honor and remember Rick, but that are reflective of the five of them moving forward.
Still, the struggle to raise her brood of four all on her own is incredibly draining. Andrea alone carries the weight of parentingtwenty four hours a day, seven days a week. She carries the weight of providing financially for her family. She carries the weight of their emotions--3 souls who miss their daddy terribly, and the weight of one little boy who didn’t really get to know his daddy at all. All of this while she is navigating her own intense grief and loneliness.
Through it all, Andrea fights fiercely to do what is best for her children and for their family of five. She longs to keep them close and intact. A long held dream of Rick and Drea’s was to move to Portland, Oregon. They longed for more nature for their kids, for more green, for room to run and not be stuck in a cramped, city apartment next to a busy road. Andrea holds onto this dream still. She believes that Rick would want her to pursue this dream for their family, even though he is gone.
So Drea pushes forward. She dreams of getting a small, modest house in Portland for her family. They currently live in low income housing in a very small , two bedroom apartment. There is no place for 3 active boys to play outside, or one teenage girl to have privacy. They are literally stuck inside their small apartment for days at a time. It is not the life she wants for them.
This is where you come in. Drea is a home schooling, widowed mother of four. Her income is small. And while she lives very frugally, and is doing her very best for her family, there is a real need for more.
Will you consider giving to Drea, Natalie, Finn, Westly and Rowan?
Will you help Andrea raise enough for a down payment on a small house in Portland? They need your help. Every little bit can make a big difference in the healing and the future of this family we all love very much.
Thank you and God bless you.
Then followed a year of more difficult and lonely firsts without a beloved husband and daddy: first birthdays, first wedding anniversary, first Easter, and first Thanksgiving. Then there were all the simple, yet profoundly important, firsts without Rick: the baby’s first steps, Finn’s first karate class, and the first day of school. Now here they are again at Christmas. A whole year without him.
While Andrea has missed Rick tremendously and feels his absence acutely, she has still worked so hard to create a beautiful life for their kids. She has been intentional to build new traditions for their family. Traditions that honor and remember Rick, but that are reflective of the five of them moving forward.
Still, the struggle to raise her brood of four all on her own is incredibly draining. Andrea alone carries the weight of parentingtwenty four hours a day, seven days a week. She carries the weight of providing financially for her family. She carries the weight of their emotions--3 souls who miss their daddy terribly, and the weight of one little boy who didn’t really get to know his daddy at all. All of this while she is navigating her own intense grief and loneliness.
Through it all, Andrea fights fiercely to do what is best for her children and for their family of five. She longs to keep them close and intact. A long held dream of Rick and Drea’s was to move to Portland, Oregon. They longed for more nature for their kids, for more green, for room to run and not be stuck in a cramped, city apartment next to a busy road. Andrea holds onto this dream still. She believes that Rick would want her to pursue this dream for their family, even though he is gone.
So Drea pushes forward. She dreams of getting a small, modest house in Portland for her family. They currently live in low income housing in a very small , two bedroom apartment. There is no place for 3 active boys to play outside, or one teenage girl to have privacy. They are literally stuck inside their small apartment for days at a time. It is not the life she wants for them.
This is where you come in. Drea is a home schooling, widowed mother of four. Her income is small. And while she lives very frugally, and is doing her very best for her family, there is a real need for more.
Will you consider giving to Drea, Natalie, Finn, Westly and Rowan?
Will you help Andrea raise enough for a down payment on a small house in Portland? They need your help. Every little bit can make a big difference in the healing and the future of this family we all love very much.
Thank you and God bless you.
Fundraising team (3)
Kristin Rogers
Organizer
Fullerton, CA
Andrea Gutierrez
Beneficiary
Greta Eskridge
Team member
