💔 FIVE DAYS APART — A FAMILY NOW FACES ONE FUNERAL FOR TWO CHILDREN

A family who was preparing to bury their 12-year-old son is now facing an unimaginable goodbye to both of their children.

Five days after 12-year-old Calvin Shepard was killed in a bicycle crash that also left his sister critically injured, his 13-year-old sister Karalee Shepard has also died from complications related to the crash.

Her family says Karalee passed away peacefully this afternoon, surrounded by the people who loved her.

Just days ago, her mother, Raquel, was still holding onto hope.

She had one simple plea for everyone who heard Karalee’s story:

“Please don’t stop praying. She’s not out of the woods yet.”

And people prayed.

They prayed for Karalee’s brain to heal.
They prayed for her body to keep fighting.
They prayed for the doctors caring for her.
And they prayed for Cody and Raquel — parents who were facing the unimaginable pain of losing one child while desperately praying they would not lose another.

But today, the update came that no parent should ever have to receive.

Karalee is gone.

Calvin and Karalee were brother and sister. They went out riding their bicycles together — an ordinary moment between two children who had their whole lives ahead of them.

Then, in a matter of moments, everything changed.

Their family first had to prepare to say good