tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5747523624104795279.post3190238267381804404..comments2023-03-30T07:47:09.743-07:00Comments on Humble Writes Words: A Stocking for DonnaHumblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12658097102335937843noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5747523624104795279.post-38896733284937450032012-12-18T18:08:45.077-08:002012-12-18T18:08:45.077-08:00First of all, Humble, you rock. So does MTM, and...First of all, Humble, you rock. So does MTM, and this is my act of kindness.<br />Growing up, we had little money. My mom was raising my two sisters and I on her own making $3/hour. You heard me right. I never really liked holidays, but I loved being with my family.<br />As I grew up, went to college, got married, and had kids of my own, the commercializing of Christmas took on a life of its own.<br />In September of 2007, I was diagnosed with a brain tumor. It was a meningioma. I had it resected in December of that year. It was 11 days before Christmas.<br />My grandmother was in a nursing facility and was going downhill quickly. She had told my mom the only thing she wanted that year was a diamond ring.<br />Our financial situation wasn't the best due to my not being able to work, so my husband and I decided against presents for ourselves and bought my grandma her ring. It wasn't very big, but the look on her beautiful face was worth every penny. She passed away a few months later, and was buried with her ring.<br />In the years since, we still for go our own presents and donate to local nursing homes.<br />This year, we will do so in Donna and Theo's names, as well as the children who were lost on Friday. <br />Keep doing what you do because you do good in this crazy world.monkeyandbugsmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08712607108919168699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5747523624104795279.post-49925162213891830592012-12-18T17:42:23.207-08:002012-12-18T17:42:23.207-08:00First of all, Humble, you rock. Secondly, I wen...First of all, Humble, you rock. Secondly, I went to Walmart this afternoon and paid off a few anonymous layaways. It was a small token of my love of MTF and Theo's family. As a brain tumor survivor and mom, it was the least I could do. Merry Christmas to you and your family, Humble and to all of your readers, as wellmonkeyandbugsmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08712607108919168699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5747523624104795279.post-21020431980806202942012-12-12T17:49:34.388-08:002012-12-12T17:49:34.388-08:00Awesome!!! I gathered my neighborhood kids to make...Awesome!!! I gathered my neighborhood kids to make Christmas cards for the Kiddos in the oncology unit of our local hospital, we are going to deliver them next week!! And I'm also volunteering for a fundraiser for a local girl who has Neuroblastoma, and had her hearing aids stolen while they were at the airport after they found out she had relapsed for the 3rd time!!! So sad!!! These families are very inspiring!! And I wish we had never even heard of them, I wish they didn't have these stories to tell!! :(Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11349372948528334959noreply@blogger.com