Katie’s Garage Sale for Burial Costs
Katie’s story centers on a garage sale and her family’s burial costs.
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How much is it for the t-shirt? $1. Would I be able to come back and pay you the dollar? You don't have I don't No, no, I mean right now.
Oh, dear. Don't even worry about it. Here. It's my mom's birthday.
Is that your mom? Yeah. That's beautiful. I love that.
Yeah. [laughter] Are you sure? Absolutely. I just lost my mom, so You did?
Yes. I'm sorry. I didn't know that. I didn't know that.
How long ago? June 11th. Ultimately, her heart gave out on her though. I'm sorry.
What are you raising money for? While I was taking care of her and taking her to dialysis appointments, my car broke down. This car? Yeah.
It doesn't work? It does not. The tie rods are bad, the brake lines are bad, and then I want to say it was like the chassis or something. They quoted me 7,200.
I actually was taking care of mom for the last bit of her life. She came home from nursing care in January, so since January I was with her. So, I don't have a job. I can't make it to work with no car.
And then after that try and bury mom cuz we haven't gotten her buried yet. You haven't buried mom? No. We were able to get her cremated, and now we want to bury her with her parents.
I'm so sorry. Thank you. Well, God, I don't want to take it from you. Oh, keep it.
Can you sell it to somebody else? Oh, you got it. What's your dream? My dream?
Yeah. To bury her, to get a car so I can work. How much would it cost to bury her? So far we have 1,200 saved up.
And we talked to the cemetery. They're talking about 4,700. I had money with me. I was seeing if you were going to help me.
I had money. [laughter] I had money. Why did you give it to me? Cuz you matter.
Yeah. [laughter] [music]