Help out a friend?

[naamah_darling]

Hey, y'all? My friend snowcoma's dad just died, now she has to organize a cross-country funeral and trip and all of that, and cope with bills and that sort of thing, all on basically zero budget until the estate is cleared.

Kind of a tight spot for a friend to be in. I'm in no position to help, personally, but I am boosting the signal, and if y'all could

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[ashbet]

My mother may be a generally terrible person, but I am deeply grateful that she dealt with handling the arrangements for my Dad's funeral (it helped that they had made plans in advance, and had wills), so that all I had to do was show up.

I was absolutely *devastated* by his loss, and I couldn't even function enough to read the short eulogy I had written, because I was sobbing too hard -- my brother (who was a lot more serene, because he's a born-again Christian and his beliefs gave him a great deal of comfort at that time -- he believes that my Dad is in heaven and with Jesus, I am just grateful that he was released from his pain and the indignity and suffering of a slow death from brain cancer) had to read my piece on my behalf.

I certainly wouldn't have been in any shape to make funeral arrangements, and while I know snowcoma has a different set of circumstances to deal with, my heart absolutely goes out to her right now.

That shit is *really* hard, and I can't imagine trying to do it while dead broke, on the other side of the country, and dealing with the personal parts of the hand she's been dealt.

**hugs**

-- A <3