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Oh how I love The Young Ones!
Family friend loses house and father in fire
I hope this email finds you well. Forgive me for getting this message through more than one platform. I am calling on my social network to help me with a cause close to my heart.
My daughters best friend lost his father and his house last night to a fire in Pearland, TX. His mother had already left the family when he was an infant so he has no parents. He is a great, hard working kid and I am so sorry for his loss. Danielle has already collected $150 from my son’s daycare just by telling the story this afternoon. We have received a few restaurant gift cards as well. Danielle has even started talking to neighbors to see if anyone can help. I am so proud of her.
Randy, who is 16, his grandmother, and brother now have nothing. His grandmother is elderly and handicapped and Randy is her primary care giver.
I am trying to collect money for the family so they can buy much needed items like clothes, bedding, groceries, school supplies and other necessities. They are staying with a family member for the time being and have shelter.
To read and view video at khou: http://www.khou.com/news/local/stories/khou081021_mp_pearland-fire-fatality.13718108b.html
To read story at the Houston Chronicle: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nb/pearland/news/6071290.html
I know economic times are rough but if you can find a few bucks to contribute, please visit the ChipIn page at http://hickman.chipin.com/house-fire-victims.
If you feel called to do so, please spread the word to help the cause. Forward this message via email, to your network of friends and family, Twitter the Chipin link, post to Facebook, you know the social media drill :D
Thank you for your time and help.
Gratitude
If only prayer you say in your whole life is “Thank You,” that would suffice.
Thank you for the air I breathe, the people I know the, knowledge I have, the food I eat, the shelter I am protected by.
Thank you for my parents, sisters, husband and kids.
Thank you for my shoes and clothing.
Thank you for my mind, no matter how screwed up I think it is.
Thank you for quiet,
thank you for peace,
thank you for joy,
thank you for rest,
thank you for time,
thank you for darkness,
thank you for community,
thank you for the truth.
I get up….
“I get up. I walk. I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing.”
– Rabbi Hillel
Tracey made me cry in public
My friend Tracey wrote a post that I read at lunch alone today. IT MADE ME CRY IN PUBLIC!
It made me cry for many reasons.
- Tracey is an amazing women and amazing mother
- I am a HORRIBLE mother and wife that doesn’t do 1/2 of what she does
- I hope Tracey’s kids and ex-husband appreciate all that she does
Gist of the post is re-posted here:
Dear Ex-Husband,
NOTICE:
You write a child support check twice a month and have the boys every other weekend (if it’s convenient for you.)
* I fill out all of the school forms.
* I make all the school lunches. (I don’t do this)
* I wake up every morning to get the kids ready for school. (I don’t do this)
* I help with homework. (I don’t do this)
* I nag, cajole, plead, beg, bribe our kids to clean their rooms, do their homework, turn off the lights, flush the toilet, clean up after themselves.
* I listen when they are sad, hurt, angry, frustrated, defeated, inconsolable. (I don’t do this)
* I budget.
* I cook almost every meal. (I DEFINITELY don’t do this)
* I clean. (I do some of this but hire out most)
* I do the laundry.
* I make doctors appointments.
* I make dentist appointments.
* I take care of them when they are sick.
* I make arrangements for them for their summer activities. (I don’t do this)
* I talk to them about God. (I don’t do this)
* I talk to them about sex. (I don’t do this)
* I teach them about money.
* I am teaching one of them to drive, having researched the best way to do that. (I don’t do this)
* I make sure they have deodorant.
* I make sure they wear deodorant. (I don’t do this)
* I tuck them in. (I don’t do this)
* I kiss them goodnight.
* I get “one more drink of water”.
* I help them find their first job.
* I counsel them on their love life. (I don’t do this)
* I sign them up and take them to baseball practice. (I don’t do this)
* I attend every school meeting. (I don’t do this)
* I meet with the school counselor regarding college. (I don’t do this)
* I take them on tours of Universities. (I don’t do this)
* I watch over them EVEN when there is no power.
* I make arrangements for their safety in an emergency.
* I pick them up and drop them off.
* I wait up for them when they get home late.
* And all the other things I left off of this list because I am now going to make dinner.
* All of these things I do even if I am tired, sick, sad, depressed or even if I just don’t want to.I AM TAKING THE SUMMER OF 2009 OFF.
ABOVE IS YOUR LIST OF THINGS TO DO.
Looking at this list, I could do SO much more for my kids, for my husband, for our family, but I keep being told to take care of myself so that I CAN take care of them.
I feel like such a failure and can’t figure out how to make it all work better.
I wish I could be just a tiny bit more like Tracey; even just a tiny bit would be such an improvement over where I am now.
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