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This 7-year-old has a lemonade stand to pay for her mom's tombstone

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[-] protist@mander.xyz 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

This little girl opened a lemonade stand as a way to honor her mother and cope with her death, and her family and community rallied around her. There's nothing in here indicating they couldn't afford a tombstone, or that a tombstone was something the family even wanted before the girl came up with the idea. The community rallying around this girl is heartwarming, not orphan crushing.

[-] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 7 points 7 months ago

Typically if a family wants and can afford a tombstone they buy one. This girl lived with her single mom and grandmother and her mom’s goal was to one day buy a house. Those are not strong indicators the family was doing well financially, nor is the community donating money to “help out.”

[-] juliorapido@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 7 months ago

The “more inspiring stories” at the end of the article is so sad.

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