Posted by BrendaTx on 7/26/11 2:05pm
Msg #391318

we will hit 2000.

I just received a check for $300 from a business.

Reply by Les_CO on 7/26/11 2:11pm
Msg #391320

GREAT JOB! n/m

Reply by Barb25 on 7/26/11 2:20pm
Msg #391324

That is terrific. He certainly touched many lives.

Reply by Susan Fischer on 7/26/11 3:05pm
Msg #391350

Widowed when my son was 13, income slashed by 2/3

in the blink of an eye, unbearable pain and dispair - one of JT's uncles slipped a $50 in my pocket after the funeral (found out it was old Unca Teddy eventually.)

I didn't know that for about a week. When I absently put my hand in that pocket trying to figure out some groceries with the $8.24 I had left in checking, I found that little miracle, and it saved us, literally.

I'm so proud of our community, and I hope this outpouring of love and support will take some of the unimaginable stress off of his wife and family.

Reply by BrendaTx on 7/26/11 4:24pm
Msg #391378

Amen, Susan. I am so glad you said that.

I just cannot say it enough how critical these funds are to someone dealing with income lost, etc.

Reply by Marian_in_CA on 7/26/11 5:40pm
Msg #391391

Re: Widowed when my son was 13, income slashed by 2/3

So agreed. I'm so glad that we could all work together to help Anne. I know that in today's economy, with many of us not working as much as we want...I'm sure we all wish we could donate far more than we have. It was in my case. If I could, I would have given 100 times more if I could. Paul gave so much to our community.

I, too, can attest to hoe even the smallest bits of generosity can mean after the loss of a loved one. I had a baby daughter pass not long after her birth *she was premature)., right before Christmas. We were in college and broke as broke college students could be. My great aunt sewed a doll dress for her to be buried in, the funeral home donated their services to us, including her casket. Somebody paid for her burial plot for us, and do this day I don't know who did that - the city just told us it was somebody who wanted to remain anonymous. And, the sister of one of my husband's coworkers paid for her headstone. The generosity of these people is still appreciated to this day... they were all small things, but in adding up, it meant the world to us, and still does. Every little thing, no matter how small, really does help relieve some of the stress and grief.

Reply by Jules/CA on 7/26/11 8:21pm
Msg #391416

Re: Widowed when my son was 13, income slashed by 2/3

When I was married, my husband was in a horrible accident and could not work for a couple of years. Needless to say, we had to live off of my income at the time which was very little. I remember all the people in the town we lived in and my husband's grandmother's church all were so generous. Everytime someone helped us out in any way, no matter how small or great, the feeling I would get inside my body was so peaceful, thankful and felt so nice to feel the love of so many people. It really helped to not feel so lonely while fighting the battle that had come my families way.

Reply by Susan Fischer on 7/26/11 10:35pm
Msg #391451

Small kindnesses. Some might call them angels and if

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVbkz_3lO3c&feature=player_detailpage

Our communities are so precious; we are a civilized society, and sometimes so many at once are slammed.

So depression is an odd thing: The personal, primal pain and hopelessness of our losses are so very much relieved by the nurturing responses, that primal duty and love of community for common survival - all the arms of all of the best angels angels inside us all - many hand make light work - it's how we "tamed" the West, for instances - and how communities survive today, just look at our storm-ravaged states' long, hard roads to anywhere-near-recovery and the need for empathy, compassion, problem solving, and progress.

Kindnesses multiply within the arms of the angels, the very best in us. There is no "smallest" kindness. The tender kindness offered by a child's tender hand to another is the perfect example...

So Angel Demand is up, and many hands make light work - shared sacrifices should be automatic, if such is interested in the prosperity of all of us, here in America.

Angel Power is not rooted in gold, but love.