The death of a parent is a tough burden on even the most mature of hearts, but 11-year-old Kayden Ely proved to be as strong as any of them at his young age. He stood for two days at the side of a road in Lindale, Georgia, holding a sign that read “Please Help Bury My Mama.”
The boy, who comes from a poor family, had no choice but to share his pain with others to cover expenses for the funeral, as his mother had no life insurance.
Kayden’s cousin came up with the idea to set up a GoFundMe page with an initial goal of $7,100, but the moving story made strangers rally behind the boy, and the amount was surpassed almost tenfold to more than $66,000 at the time of writing.
