A Chair-ity Drive

[dionysus]

<div class="bbWrapper">Hi guys and gals,<br /> <br /> A friend of mine has been in hospital for quite some time...several months She was pretty tight lipped about the whole thing as she didn&#039;t want any &#039;pity-party&#039; posts and calls about what was happening, until of course, recently, the cat eventually had to come out of the bag. She&#039;s been diagnosed with terminal cancer.<br /> <br /> She&#039;s still the type who&#039;d rather you treat her as you know her and not her disease but some friends have taken it upon themselves to set up a much-needed gofundme page in order for her to get a wheelchair so that she can can have some mobility to get around with her 2 little ones and not spend her days confined to bed. Financially it isn&#039;t something she &#039;ll ever to be able to achieve otherwise and sadly, she&#039;s nowhere near her goal.<br /> <br /> I&#039;m not the type to post such things and she likely wouldn&#039;t otherwise reach out herself, but I&#039;d like to do my part where able by at least giving her funding project some exposure and a chance. I certainly don&#039;t expect strangers to donate to strangers but perhaps there are people here for whom cancer is a personal charity choice and especially, for those, who often wonder where their funds go, in this case, you&#039;d certainly know.<br /> <br /> A bit about Terri from my perspective.<br /> Back in the early days when Facebook didn&#039;t have glossy games and slick memes she was the first person I &#039;met&#039;. Over time we developed a real friendship and ultimately I ended up moving into her city where we became &#039;real-life&#039; friends. The city was quite far away and she did a lot of work on her end checking out apts and houses for me and my ex, following up calls and when there, driving us around, helping us move in etc. <br /> <br /> She invited me into her circle of friends, all of whom I&#039;m still friends with today. We karaoked often, held social get togethers at each others&#039; houses, spent weekends camping, shared holidays and special events etc. She even hosted my first TRUE adult birthday party (it&#039;s week of Christmas, they&#039;re hard to pull off, but she did it). During a local pride event, her children proudly wore signs bearing my name to declare they supported their &#039;uncle&#039; and the family marched together. She&#039;s been there for my ups and downs and her family became an extension of mine in support and love.<br /> <br /> While her condition saddens me, it hurts more knowing 2 bright, beautiful children will ultimately be without their mother. far too soon in their lives<br /> <br /> The gofund me page is designed to grant her mobility so this single mother of 2 can spend her time with her kids and build more memories together while they&#039;re still able.<br /> <br /> <br /> As an aside, for my part...I&#039;ve been growing out my hair these past 2 years without a cut. I&#039;m just shy of the 10 inches needed at which point I&#039;ve offered her my hair to create a wig if she&#039;d like it (she now refers to it as &#039;her hair&#039; lol). She&#039;s had the proverbial &#039;hair to the bum&#039; forever but recently lost it due to the treatments. I&#039;ve the long blonde, fine hair, and while nowhere the length she maintained, I hope it offers her a measure of comfort<br /> I&#039;m sure going to miss mine (below), but I&#039;m fortunate enough to have the luxury to grow it back and know it&#039;ll go to better use. <img src="/forums/styles/default/casinomeister/smilies/smile.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /><br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.casinomeister.com/forums/attachments/ha-jpg.56619/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.casinomeister.com/forums/data/attachments/25/25168-b04511cae42bc6a9c93b34e00ac669b7.jpg" class="bbImage " style="" alt="ha.jpg" title="ha.jpg" width="100" height="100" loading="lazy" /></a><br /> <br /> <br /> Please check out her page. And thanks for taking the time to read. <img src="/forums/styles/default/casinomeister/smilies/smile.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /><br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.gofundme.com/t5s7vk" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">http://www.gofundme.com/t5s7vk</a></div>

 

[dionysus]

<div class="bbWrapper">*a gratuitous self-made bump, as I know approved-style posts don&#039;t hit the feed until a comment&#039;s been made* <img src="/forums/styles/default/casinomeister/smilies/smile.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></div>

 

[winbig]

<div class="bbWrapper">Wish I could help <img src="/forums/styles/default/casinomeister/smilies/frown.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" data-shortname=":(" /><br /> <br /> But, a $5000 target? You can get a super-duper-sweet electric ride for that...<img src="/forums/styles/default/casinomeister/smilies/grin.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" data-shortname=":D" /></div>

 

[dionysus]

<div class="bbWrapper">Lol, I&#039;m pretty sure, like most gofundmes, they set the target slightly higher to afford the recipient (and donators) options. <img src="/forums/styles/default/casinomeister/smilies/smile.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /> Any excess is to be put aside for the children.</div>