This Christmas season, we have family and friends around us celebrating the end of a pretty okay year. But there are those of us who aren't as lucky as us, either their loved one is serving overseas, or the cost of their loved one coming home is too high for them to come home to see them, or probably the worst of all, they have either lost a loved one closest to the Christmas season.
Phillip Defranco is a well known Youtuber with almost 5 million followers, which have been nicknamed 'The Nation'. He does a daily news show during the week as well as daily vlogs. He's a pretty honest guy who just wants to initiate a conversation worldwide. But on November 28th 2016, and he told a story from a maned named Jason Worley that brought many to tears and caused many to take action.
He told his followers about a message that he had received, titled A message for Phil, and it read, "...I have watched Phil for years now and his words have always brought me comfort in times of great loss. Last Thursday, I lost my children Tyler, age 7 and Charlee age 3, in a horrific tragedy." Phil told his audience about how this man and his children would watch their videos, and then reading aloud the final sentence in the message he had received, saying, "Any kind words you can offer would be greatly appreciated. Hold Trey [Phil's son] close, he is ever so special."
This heartbreaking story is continued as Phil goes on, saying that others dug deeper and reveal that it was the children's own mother who had killed them, because she and her husband were getting a divorce and she didn't want her husband to take her kids away. She stabbed the and then stabbed herself, however the mother survived. " ...And I don't know what to say," Phil said into the camera,"Two innocent children were killed, there furthers stolen by the person that gave them life... So much love was just ripped from Jason's life. Nothing seems adequate because nothing is adequate for this." Phil further explained by saying," The moment you have a kid, it's just, love and then just fear, fear hat somethings gonna happen to them. And he's living this nightmare. Because of this selfish, horrible person, a horrible monster. So to Jason, to your family, to everyone affected, It's just words. I hope you get through this, this just unfair situation."
Phil then spoke abut how Jason's employers started a gofundme page, which I'll link down below and with the help of the Nation and many other generous donors, as of right now has reached $56,217 of the $20,000 goal.
No amount of money can ever replace Jason's children, but the funds can go to help pay for the funeral expenses and allow Jason to deal with his grief and not have to worry about the expenses for both of his children, as well as giving him time to recover.
While this isn't the most recent news, I felt like this story should be heard. Yes, it is sad and terrible that Tyler and Charlee had to be taken from us too soon. No parent should ever have to deal with the loss of a child, and certainly not more than one. Many complain how 2016 has been practically been one of the worst years ever, and sometimes it's for some pretty superficial reasons. But the response from the Nation and the other generous donors may help you regain some of that faith in humanity that you may have lost. So while your around the dinner table this holiday season, really remember what your thankful for. Give your family and friends a hug, and tell them you love them, because no day is ever guaranteed. I wish you the best holidays and a safe new years!
Sources:
https://www.gofundme.com/tyler-charlee-worley-fund
