Generosity Abounds

When we moved to Vallejo from Oakland a year or so ago it took me a while to warm up to it. Let's just say in the last 3 or 4 months I have really finally stopped wanting to move back to the East Bay, well almost.

Late last summer I joined the MOMS Club of Vallejo-West it really helped and made me feel like I was putting down roots. I have meet some wonderful moms and dads. Lucy and I have joined a GREAT play group. I have made a couple of amazing new friends, the kind I haven't made in years. Unfortunately one of them moved away, far away (you know who you are). But the other one is still here and has really been like a sister, as has the one who moved far away, but she is after all, far away. Can you tell I am bitter about her move (this is mostly meant to be funny.)

So, when a few weeks ago when the President of our MOMS Club suggested to my friend who remains that we might contact our parent organization the International MOMS Clubabout their Mother-To-Mother fund I was touched. You see it seems that headquarters has a fund that helps members suffering from financially devastating personal and natural disasters. Chapters contribute to the Fund and the money is given as grants to MOMS Club families experiencing emergency situations.

I talked it over with Marnie and we thought it might be something that could really help us right now. We have structured our lives so that I could stay home with Lucy and it did not include me having a devastating illness. So needless to say help like this would be welcome right now. So, said friend put together a great letter to send off to International describing our plight. We heard at the end of last week that we got the grant. More than I ever thought possible. This will go along way for childcare and commuting costs back and forth to the doctors. I feel like I can let out the breath I seemed to have been holding for quite a while. The generosity of even strangers is staggering some times. Thanks MOMS!!!