Last week my mom went in for surgery that was supposed to change and better her life. The good news is the surgery went well! She was upbeat, doing well, and within a couple of hours of being sent home! After 12.5 years of health issue after health issue (cysts, cancer, hip replacement, defibrilator), she was FINALLY about to get her health in check and be able to do all the things she's wanted to do for the last decade!

Unfortunately as she got up to take a quick walk before discharge, she had a pulmonary embolism and didn't make it. I was there when it happened and I'm absolutely devastated. She was an amazing woman, would work up to 60 hours a week AND come home and be a single mom throughout my entire childhood to make sure I never went without anything I needed. She was my hero, my best friend, the one person I trusted to go to talk about literally ANYTHING with. Unfortunately, neither of us had much in savings at the time, me because of a near fatal car accident a year and a half ago, and her because she was on disability. So the idea of someone coming up with enough money to pay for even a bare minimum funeral, much less one she'd deserve is daunting and is wrecking my mental health by itself (on top of the pain of losing her).

The funeral, from what I've been told, will end up being between $6000 and $7000. My amazing friends and family have been able to come up with almost $2000 already, which is a huge help. I don't expect strangers on the internet to break themselves or even help at all, but anyone who feels like they want to or can would be appreciated so so much!

GoFundMe link: https://gofund.me/cdc0f77f

I also have CashApp or MetaPay, but the GoFundMe is my preferred method and probably the safest option for everyone involved.

Thank you so much in advance to anyone who is able to help. I know times are extremely tough right now and my mom would be the last person to want ANYONE making a big fuss over her. But being a mama's boy I'm absolutely lost and have no idea where else to turn.