Imagine being over 1,800 miles from home and getting the call every parent dreads, your daughter has been in a serious car accident. But it’s not just your daughter. Your entire world was in that car: your child, another family member , and your grandfather.

In an instant, you’re forced to make an impossible decision, risk the health of your unborn child and jump on multiple flights with no direct route, just to get to the child who needs you most. All while clinging to the hope that the man who raised you, your rock, your best friend, might still be okay. But he’s not. Papaw Tom passed away at the scene.

This was Kanela’s reality on Thursday night.

What started as a normal workday ended in heartbreak and chaos. One family member was life-flighted to Columbus, and her daughter would soon need to be transferred there as well. By Friday morning, after a sleepless night and several flights, Kanela arrived to find her world completely changed — shattered.

Papaw Tom, her constant and her anchor, is gone. Her family is injured. And now, while carrying life inside her, she must summon the strength to navigate unimaginable loss and uncertainty.

This fundraiser is for Kanela and her family — to ease the burden of travel, medical costs, and funeral expenses. Let’s help her carry this load, piece by piece, as she tries to rebuild what was broken in an instant.

This GoFund me is linked directly to Kanela bank account. She will have full access to the monies. She will be helping her grandmother and disperse the monies as she sees the need.

Please continue to keep this family in your prayers. They need all the strength they can get in the next coming days/ weeks/months.