Just a quick note. Someone I care about very much is alive today because another person donated their organs.
Stan Marshall, whose wife Jacinta was my boss, mentor and friend suffers from a genetic kidney disorder. Stan dedicated most of his life to helping others, and I'm positive you'll never meet a nicer man. I watched Stan and Jacinta suffer with his illness, waiting on edge for years. They'd planned an active retirement, and their dreams were slowly melting away as Stan's health declined steadily.
In the African American community, donors are especially rare, when, in fact, this genetic disorder runs rampant-- the very place it is needed the most is where the cure is in shortest supply. By some miracle, just as they were about to begin dialysis, Stan got the call for a kidney.
Local TV did an interview with them about meeting the donor family. It is amazing to see the comfort brought to those who were left behind to know that part of their loved one brought such joyto another family . See JC Hayward's Interview... It is currently running on the left side of the screen.
My X boss is the beautiful lady in red. Her husband, is healthy and handsome and smiling. It gives me chills just to see him.
Find out how to be an organ donor. Please don't take your organs with you! We need them here!
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in response to the divorce post...i'm sorry you are hurting. hugs.
yes, also wanted to send hugs for the divorce post... and tell you this organ donor post was great, thanks.
Imagine if everyone were automatically an organ donor and you had to opt out if you didn't want to be one. We'd have so many donors.
Hope today was a much better day for you.
In response to the divorce post (I know you say you are fine now but I'm behind!). I have those moments sometimes too. Like everything just hits all of a sudden. I call them bumps. The bumps have gotten smaller but I know I will have to meet the ex's new woman at some point since she will be my kids step mom soon.... I know I will have a huge bump then.
Hugs!
as for Organ donation, I'm sooooo big on this! My aunt (dad's sister) is alive today because of her new liver. It has been almost 15 years now! When its my time to move on, I want anything and everything they can use to be taken and given to someone in need. It is very, very important to me!
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