Posted: Jan 20, 2021 6:13 AM CT | Last Updated: January 20
Rachel Smith and her husband (not pictured) have five children of their own. But when her sister died on Christmas Eve, Smith took in six of her nieces and nephews. An online fundraising campaign has raised nearly $5,000 for the funeral and children s expenses.(Submitted by Rachel Smith)
A Saskatoon woman says she s honouring her sister s dying wish.
Regina mom Cheryl Kay was admitted to a Regina hospital in December following a series of seizures related to low electrolytes. She was eventually placed on life support, and died Christmas Eve.
In the days before she fell into the coma, she asked her sister Rachel Smith to care for her children if she didn t survive.