Joe’s family wanted me to hand over the children to them so they could attend their Father’s funeral. I was not willing to hand off my children to ANYONE while the kids were going through such a traumatic time, they were clinging to me and extremely fragile. We all were. I had not been invited and it was definitely not a safe space. After the Shymanski family was informed that the kids would not be handed off to them, I did get the text below from Mary Shymanski the day before the funeral, officially inviting me. She also offered to have me hand off my children to Karen Valentine, someone who I wouldn’t let my children around if I were paid to do so.
The wife of one of Joe’s friends reached out to me the day of the funeral to let me know it was going to be live streamed. She was the only person who showed any kindness. My kids watched the live stream. That is all they got. We then had our own personal memorial service.
