#LivingInTheFrequencyofLove Baby Bailey Girl
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There are people that you meet in life that are love in action, love in community, love in faith and active hope. Since the moment that I met Karega and Felicia, they’ve been the personification of love as an active verb. Karega and Felicia have taken the visible love and light that lives in them and planted thousands of seeds across the Bay Area, D.C., Sacramento, and the world. I’ve witnessed them not just plant seeds with their work and music but nurture those seeds of love and light into fully blooming gardens of healing, laughter, and love.
When tragedy hits we must come together to support and cover our loved ones. As a brother to both Karega and Dr. Felicia Gangloff-Bailey I can’t imagine what such a loss feels like. They have a long journey of healing ahead of them on a mental, physical and spiritual level.
They both have been pillars in the community of Oakland from the moment they arrived. As educators, activists and artists their light shines bright and has been a source of healing for all who have crossed their path. Their impact through the years reaches far and wide and now they are in a moment where they need the community to rally and show support to them as they are mourning an unthinkable loss. As we know the time it takes to prioritize healing, living expenses and the burden of unexpected hospital bills can be overwhelming let us give where can.
Please read the personal statement from Karega below:
Thank you to all the folks who have checked on us and bless you all for finding so many creative ways to do so. Some folks used the phone a friend method and some have come to our home. Some sent prayers and some sent gifts. Nonetheless,Thank you all.
We'd like to especially thank the folks who approach us with grace and discretion when they run into us at the lake or the grocery store. Thank you for your kindness. We are still very delicate.
We'd also like to Thank the many folks that have contributed financial support on our behalf.
In addition to the unexpected expenses, each contribution assist us in helping to secure a years worth of salary and wages for Felicia, in hopes that we can take at least a years time to focus on our healing journey and the many nuances it presents.
One of the nuances that folks who are grieving often find hard to navigate, is the notion that we should "Take the time we need to heal". Taking the time we need becomes increasingly difficult when measured against the demands of the world.
My place of employment only covers me for paid Family Bonding, and now according to the state, since I don't have a family, I do not have any more time off to address my healing or the wellness of my wife and marriage after the loss of my precious baby girl.
Felicia's position at our school was recently laid off during a budget reduction, right before giving birth to our daughter. Now, in the midst of the deepest grief we've ever known, we are also trying to financially plan for our recovery.
I'd like to thank a few of our community members who have reached out to me regarding some state sponsored programs that may be able to help me with wages while we are recovering. I am very grateful for that and the GoFundme which has been updated to reflect this new information.
Bills, living expenses, and work identity quickly add up and folks are often pulled back into their jobs, long before they get to take proper inventory of their wellness. And I'd like to state as fact, that I am currently no where near ready to step back into the stress of being the Dean of Students at an understaffed high needs school.
It is my deepest desire that Felicia and I are able to heal and evolve without interruption caused by financial strain. It is my deepest desire that we are able blossom into the version of ourselves that allow us to be healthy and serve our community as we have for more than a decade.
I want to own that I could have included this information sooner, and that it may have helped the public make sense of the ask. But admittedly, I am still hurting deeply and trying to make sense of my new reality with the level of grief we are experiencing.
I thank you in advance for your patience.
And I thank you for handling us with care as we still so very delicate. We know Love is the most powerful force in this universe, and with it, anything is possible because God is love. Thank you for Loving us.
Our #BabyBaileyGirl was made from pure love. She brought Joy to all who experienced her story. She was pleasing in God's eye. Her love was celebrated far and wide and heaven rejoiced as #BabyBaileyGirl became an Angel. We will continue give God praise.
When tragedy hits we must come together to support and cover our loved ones. As a brother to both Karega and Dr. Felicia Gangloff-Bailey I can’t imagine what such a loss feels like. They have a long journey of healing ahead of them on a mental, physical and spiritual level.
They both have been pillars in the community of Oakland from the moment they arrived. As educators, activists and artists their light shines bright and has been a source of healing for all who have crossed their path. Their impact through the years reaches far and wide and now they are in a moment where they need the community to rally and show support to them as they are mourning an unthinkable loss. As we know the time it takes to prioritize healing, living expenses and the burden of unexpected hospital bills can be overwhelming let us give where can.
Please read the personal statement from Karega below:
Thank you to all the folks who have checked on us and bless you all for finding so many creative ways to do so. Some folks used the phone a friend method and some have come to our home. Some sent prayers and some sent gifts. Nonetheless,Thank you all.
We'd like to especially thank the folks who approach us with grace and discretion when they run into us at the lake or the grocery store. Thank you for your kindness. We are still very delicate.
We'd also like to Thank the many folks that have contributed financial support on our behalf.
In addition to the unexpected expenses, each contribution assist us in helping to secure a years worth of salary and wages for Felicia, in hopes that we can take at least a years time to focus on our healing journey and the many nuances it presents.
One of the nuances that folks who are grieving often find hard to navigate, is the notion that we should "Take the time we need to heal". Taking the time we need becomes increasingly difficult when measured against the demands of the world.
My place of employment only covers me for paid Family Bonding, and now according to the state, since I don't have a family, I do not have any more time off to address my healing or the wellness of my wife and marriage after the loss of my precious baby girl.
Felicia's position at our school was recently laid off during a budget reduction, right before giving birth to our daughter. Now, in the midst of the deepest grief we've ever known, we are also trying to financially plan for our recovery.
I'd like to thank a few of our community members who have reached out to me regarding some state sponsored programs that may be able to help me with wages while we are recovering. I am very grateful for that and the GoFundme which has been updated to reflect this new information.
Bills, living expenses, and work identity quickly add up and folks are often pulled back into their jobs, long before they get to take proper inventory of their wellness. And I'd like to state as fact, that I am currently no where near ready to step back into the stress of being the Dean of Students at an understaffed high needs school.
It is my deepest desire that Felicia and I are able to heal and evolve without interruption caused by financial strain. It is my deepest desire that we are able blossom into the version of ourselves that allow us to be healthy and serve our community as we have for more than a decade.
I want to own that I could have included this information sooner, and that it may have helped the public make sense of the ask. But admittedly, I am still hurting deeply and trying to make sense of my new reality with the level of grief we are experiencing.
I thank you in advance for your patience.
And I thank you for handling us with care as we still so very delicate. We know Love is the most powerful force in this universe, and with it, anything is possible because God is love. Thank you for Loving us.
Our #BabyBaileyGirl was made from pure love. She brought Joy to all who experienced her story. She was pleasing in God's eye. Her love was celebrated far and wide and heaven rejoiced as #BabyBaileyGirl became an Angel. We will continue give God praise.
Organizer and beneficiary
BJ McBride
Organizer
Oakland, CA
Felicia Gangloff
Beneficiary
