Hello Everyone!
Since Christmas is just around the corner, I wanted to share something with you. This happened to a girl friend of mine. Erin lives in Calgary Alberta. She's a single mother to a 2yr old boy named Cameron. She lives on her own, as her parents refuse to help her out. She works full time for minimum wage (company's fault long story). She doesn't receive child support as her son is the blessing that came from a rape (the rapist is unknown).
At the beginning of the month, Erin entered a radio contest called "All I Want for Christmas". She said; "all I want is to have enough money for ONE MONTH to buy enough groceries that that neither my son nor I starve." She asks this because for the last month she's been able to buy only enough for Cameron. She rarely eats herself.
Last week, the radio station called to tell her that she had won. They were giving her a $500 gift certificate to one grocery store, and a $100 gift certificate to another. She was over joyed and thrilled to say the least.
However, that isn't the end of this happy story. This morning, the radio station arrived at Erin's appartment with a cube van. Inside were hundreds of things for herself and Cameron. Food, toys, clothes, books, etc. And more gift certficates to grocery stores!! So many people had heard about what happened (through the radio, obviously) that they all chipped in to help out.
Now THAT is a true Christmas miracle.
by Donald Pominville (Louis son)
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