“A freak accident happened yesterday while we are here on vacation and it took away our greatest 7.5 years. Don’t tell us you’re sorry for our loss…don’t do that to us. We experienced the purest human being and we are forever changed by her,” writes her mom on the GoFundMe created to financially support the family. “We love you beyond any stretch of the imagination. Our sweet Sloan. What we would give.”

The GoFundMe, that’s raised almost $146,000 of its $150,000 goal, says: “What started as an amazing family trip quickly turned into the devastatingly tragic loss of their 7-year-old daughter/sister Sloan. We know that no amount of money will bring beautiful Sloan back, but your donation can help bring Sloan home from Florida, cover funeral costs and ease the financial stress as they learn to navigate their new world.”

Meanwhile, friends and family are pouring in with messages of love for the “sweet girl,” who “was SO much bigger than her last moments.”

Family friend, Whitney Kanjala, shares a photo of the family outside of Sloan’s Luxury Ice Cream shop in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. Alongside the image on her. Facebook, she writes, “She was the funniest friend you could ever ask for, the most loyal sister, the [tiniest] yet most acrobatic…and one of the greatest creations Therese Mattingly and Jason Mattingly ever made.”

On February 22, Sloan’s father shared the same photo: “We took Sloan to this ice cream shop with her name on it. It was a rainy nasty day but we made the best of what we had. We also hit up a local arcade and sang makeshift karaoke at our Airbnb.”