Mother Accepts High School Diploma for Daughter Who Died Unexpectedly: ‘Today Is Just a Lot of Emotions’

A grieving mother successful Texas walked astatine her precocious daughter’s graduation.

On Friday, May 23, Roshaunda Carr attended nan celebratory arena astatine University High School successful Waco aft her daughter, Jakayla Gardner Carr, died from epilepsy successful October, according to Fox 8 News.

“It’s bittersweet. Jakayla is nan first retired of her siblings to graduate, truthful coming is conscionable a batch of emotions,” nan mom told nan news outlet, which added that Roshaunda walked crossed nan shape astatine nan graduation ceremonial and moreover wore a headdress and gown successful her daughter’s honor.

"She’s very, very proud," Roshaunda said of Jakayla. "She’s astir apt down maine doing a silly creation arsenic we do nan interview. She’s proud."

Roshaunda noted that she has been experiencing "a shot of emotions."

"I wish she were here," nan mother said. "There’s not a time that goes by ... it’s conscionable hard."

Roshaunda told section news outlet KWTX past twelvemonth that she texted her daughter, who was a precocious schoolhouse senior, to punctual her to return her medicine connected nan greeting of her death. 

"I sewage up. That’s erstwhile I checked connected her and that’s erstwhile I recovered her. She passed distant successful her slumber from a seizure," Roshaunda said of nan devastating Oct. 6 day.

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Jakayla had epilepsy since she was 11 and knowledgeable play seizures, she explained.

Now, Roshaunda is moving connected starting a nonprofit statement successful her daughter’s name. 

Roshaunda has named nan budding nonprofit Kayla’s Place 19 and said she envisions it arsenic a halfway for nan epilepsy organization pinch counseling and aesculapian staff. 

"I want to springiness different group who did not person an outlet extracurricular of location to spell to, to relax, to hide for a infinitesimal they’re battling epilepsy. A batch of times they beryllium and fastener into nan truth that they person epilepsy and springiness up," nan mother told KWTX.