Phillip’s GO FUND ME. Updates

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Shannon Coyne and Jennifer Coyne are organizing this fundraiser.
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Phillip Hashem, 29 years old, of Philadelphia, passed away on September 16, 2021. After years of depression and addiction, he chose to take his own life. Phillip was the most sensitive, loving soul; he was forever heartbroken and unable to escape the grips of his demons. Everyone who loved Phillip will never be the same, especially his daughters. Phillip left behind Charlee Hashem (4) and Luna Hashem (1).

Charlee and Luna will have a lifetime of emotional and financial needs which Phillip will never be able to contribute. Both have immediate financial needs, please consider donating to help his daughters and their amazing mothers through this difficult time.

Phillip is being cremated without a service. If you knew him and loved him, please keep his memory alive.

Thank you for everyone who has contributed to help Phillip’s daughters. While nothing can bring us any sense of relief, the tangible generosity of our friends, family, friends of friends, and even strangers has truly made us feel loved and supported. Looking through Phillip’s phone yesterday, I saw that he was searching for jobs the day before his passing, he had been unemployed since June. This speaks to the complex nature of depression and suicide, someone can be simultaneously experiencing hope and despair; planning their life and their death.

We always thought that Phillip would come out on the other side of this. I imagined our family in the future, blended, together and healing from the pain of our past. We think that Phillip would have been a great drug and alcohol counselor. He was a simple man, he enjoyed good conversations and listening. He had a high degree of empathy and compassion. He saw virtue in all people, regardless of their flaws.

Eventhough this campaign has quickly reached it’s goal, we are going to leave it up for a week. Anything will go towards helping his girls.

-S&J

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255

Go Fund Me for Phillip

https://www.gofundme.com/f/phillip-hashems-daughters-charlee-and-luna

Honoring Phillip

This morning, Friday September 17th, we learned that our brother, Phillip Charles Hashem III had passed. Phillip made the decision to take his own life and leaves us all here, sad and confused, trying to make sense of this loss. There is no easy way to write the remembrance of a life which never had an opportunity to reach any potential. There is no obituary that can capture his life.
He was born on May 13th 1992, a day we recall as one of the happiest of our lives. He was an amazing baby, full of smiles and silliness. He was so loving and it was apparent from early on with his inescapable hugs and tender “I wubbb yous.”
Sadly, from this point forward his life can serve as the cautionary tale of generational addiction, depression, and the devastation that follows. Phillip never had a chance to fully discover how beautiful his soul was. Trusted into the care of addicted parents who were unable and unwilling to provide him the stability and love that any child needs and deserves, he was lost. His nine and ten year old sisters provided him the best care they could, loving him as their brother and their baby. He was constantly searching to fill the void left by an unstable and unforgiving childhood, wanting nothing more than to love and be loved by his parents. Throughout his life there were others who loved him, desperately trying to do the impossible and give him what he was looking for, but it could never be enough. Phillip found his fleeting comfort in the same world of drugs and alcohol that he was surrounded by throughout his life. He never finished high school and never had a stable life from that point forward. He was lost, always searching and looking for someone or something to save him from himself. At times he was sober, and there were times when he was not. He was sometimes in prison, and sometimes he was out, but he was never really free, and was never really happy.
Phillip was a loving and sensitive soul. He was desperate for love. Abandoned his entire childhood, he felt perpetually alone and like he had nowhere to belong. He was lost.
Throughout his time, he met and created some amazing people. He is survived by his two daughters, Luna and Charlee Hashem. Your Daddy loves you so much. Please know that he did the best he could and he wishes that he could have done better.
Phillip was also loved by so many. His children, friends, sisters, aunt, grandparents, and cousins. All of us left behind know that no matter how much love we could give, there is nothing that can replace the hopelessness he felt and the sadness which he felt there was no other way to escape.
Our Phil-bay, We hope that you are finally at peace. We love you forever and ever, to the moon and back.
Addiction and depression are a deadly mix. There will be no services for Phillip. If you knew Phillip, please keep his memory alive.