RE: Re: Anniversary of sorts

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A lady at my work works closely with a place called Ashbury House in San Francisco. It is a group home for Mothers with Mental Illnesses and their children. Every year around this time and around Christmas, she asks for help for the children there. This year I happened to receive the email on the anniversary of my brother in laws death. He died at 24 in a car accident, single car, no fault was found. When I opened the email, the first child listed was a boy named Xavier. Xavier was my brother in laws middle name and the boy was the same age as my son. If that wasn't a sign that he was who we were supposed to help, I don't know what is. I took my son and let him pick out the clothes and backpack. He even said "Mom, maybe we should buy him two backpacks in case he breaks on in the middle of the year like I did this year". I told him it wouldnt be fair to the other children if we bought him two backpacks, but he made me promise that if Xavier broke him backpack that we would buy him another one. The whole experience was a great lesson for us.

From: specialkmix2000 Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 3:33 PMTo: gastric-bypass-support-kaiser-patients Subject: Re: Anniversary of sorts

Those are wonderful suggestions Francisco.I feel that I want to do some of them myself.It is a really nice reminder.You are a really beautiful person.Kay> > The fourth anniversary of my brothers death from morbid obesity> (450+ > > pounds) at the young age of 34 will be approaching soon....Sept > 4th. > > Its really bothering me more this year, especially since I was > given > > the gift he died waiting for approval to receive. I'd like to > celebrate > > it in a significant way. Any ideas??> > > > Huggles> >