Hello Team Claudia, 

After Bria's and my move out of our Natchez place this past Sunday and settling into a new reality, I wanted to take a second and thank every one of you who took the time out of the start of your Labor Day weekends to come in person or join us via zoom for Claudia's Celebration of Life this past Friday. Claudia was certainly blessed to have known so many of you. Irma, Bria and I are also very grateful to have met you as we shared memories of Claudia and we thank you all for your kind words, thoughts and sharing of your own memories of her with the family. You are all amazing people and C would have been humbled to know she was so loved by so many; but it is the strength in which you have all helped our family to dig deep and find, and continue to keep alive, that she would have been the most impressed with and grateful for. You have been our lights with your kindness and generosity throughout this darkness, and because of that help and strength to lean on, we know that there is hope and light as we continue to push forward into our family's new chapter of life. No question Claudia will continue to be missed and mourned by many, but as long as we continue to push her legacy that was built on pillars of love, strength, and generosity, I know that her legacy and her memories will continue to care on though us.  

For those that would like to support the family in continuing C's legacy, Team C continues to memorialize Claudia in other ways throughout these next few months:

• Next month Oct 9th, family and extended family/friends are running in the Abbott 5K posted here for those that would like to participate https://events.hakuapp.com/abbott-chicago-5k.
• We are also planning on making shirts regarding brain physical health (CT screenings) and mental health awareness in order to help in any way of preventing this happening to other individuals and families, more info to come on that.
• The other way to support at the moment is also through our site as well dedicated to C. If you feel the desire to help, please consider contributing in this meaningful and significant way, as well as reposting the GoFundMe Link https://gofund.me/990acfd4

Claudia loved and appreciated you, and our family and I loves and appreciates you. Thank you all as we continue to choose to keep our strength and our heads high as Claudia would have wanted it no other way. 

Stay strong Team Claudia,

B