
08/24/2025
I can't stress the importance of having a will,life insurance, documentation, or having some sort of plan in place for when you pass on. We are all on borrowed time and I know we don't think it can happen to us, but in reality at any moment your life can be taken from you and your loved ones are the ones left behind to pick up the pieces all while they are grieving. Yes GoFundMe helps a portion of what the families expenses are but in Juans case his funeral cost around 27k ,his headstone was almost another's 3k, we had car payments, final obligations, clothes he wore, what the kids wore , obituary, things that were needed for the funeral , helped pay a couple of bills etc. It's been over a year since his death and we are still waiting for his final paychecks, union death benefits, they have to restart the ss death benefits since there was a hiccup, the court cases are still in the beginning stages, Juan was the main provider for our family and its been difficult to get back on track considering my expenses have more than doubled and financial contributions is none other than my own. There have been strangers that have been kinder to me and the kids than those I have known my whole life But this is the harsh reality of what life can be like for your family if you dont have a plan in place.