- By: MomOf3Brats
- Amount: $100
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Ok guys...I am putting ALL of my other wishes on hold this week because to me this is the most important of them all right now.
Update* Mom had the nerve to write and apologize for being snippy while she was here. HELLO YOU JUST LOST YOUR DAUGHTER...I think I can handle it. Her card made me cry because she was trying to comfort me...I hope that I NEVER have to know the grief that a parent goes through when losing a child.
I chose to list this in the naughty category because it isn't a NEED, but definately is NEEDED. Rich and Corrine lost thier daughter Maria on July 23rd this year. Maria was only 42 years old and as a parent you never think that you are going to have to bury your children. Maria had a drug problem in the past but had been clean for almost 3 years. She was in the process of getting a divorce from her ex-husband who orignally got her hooked on drugs in the first place when in a moment of weakness she allowed her husband to come and see her son while she was at work. She walked in from work and saw her soon to be ex and her son who is 25 shooting up herion and at that moment made the choice that would take her life way too soon. She died of a drug overdose. The next day we found Maria's son (25 years old) laying on the kitchen floor where he had overdosed. Luckily we got to him in time and were able to save his life.
The hardest call we have ever had to make was to Corinne and Rich to tell them that thier firstborn daughter was dead. They drove all night from Massachusttes to take care of Maria's final arrangements and to clean up the mess she had left behind after making her fatal choice. These are loving parents and now they are at each others throats because Corrine cannot bear to throw her daughers things away, and Rich is haunted at being in the apartment where his daughter choked to death on her vomit while in a drug induced state. These people have not had a moment to sit down and begin to grieve for thier child.
These are the type of people who will give you the shirt off thier back, knowing it is their last one and that they cant afford another. They deserve some downtime and peace in their life. Please help me help them to relax if even for just one night. (more)
