Please help share this link for our friend with CANCER!!!!!

HollyHobbitToes

I really hope it is OK to post this here....since it is a general chit chat forum I figured it was OK Mods, feel free to remove it if it is not allowed.

I am asking something of my fellow MFP family members....please read the following from my blog and share the link or help out if you can!! Thank you!!


"The changing of the seasons is upon us and I always rejoice, no matter what the season, but this spring is a little different. My husband's best friend is dying of cancer and the changing season is only bringing me sadness as I realize he may miss it. As he lies in his hospital bed, worrying about how he will pay for his own funeral and who will look out for the children he will leave behind, he is missing the re-appearance of summer birds and buds popping out of their beds. I feel helpless and alone as I know he feels the same.

A single dad. A diabetic. On disability. Scraping by. A neglegent doctor. His liver covered in tumors. He is dying. We are heartbroken.

I can't stop thinking about him. I am getting more and more depressed day by day. I lie awake at night thinking about him. I get out of bed and cry in the darkened living room. I cry for hours, then go back to bed. I wake in the morning and attempt to go about my regular day. I take my daughter to school and have a brief moment where my heart doesn't ache. As soon as I sit with my laptop, it all comes flooding back and I sit and cry for an hour or more.

And through all of this I am trying to stay on track with my weightloss plan. Tryng to stay healthy and strong for my husband who is completely heartbroken. He speaks of his friend as though he has already passed and it kills me to hear it. He wants to buy a black suit for the funeral. He wants to find ways to help but doesn't know what to do anymore than I do. He drives to the city to visit him in the hospital. He makes phone calls to let people know that his friend is sick. He checks in on his friend's son who is just sort of going through the motions of living as his father lies dying in a hospital bed. He is 18 but has no idea how to take care of himself. His dad is his world and has taken care of him for so many years. Who will take care of him now? He is still a kid and wet around the ears. He goes to work and comes home to their empty home and empty fridge. I will bake bread and rolls to take over today and tomorrow when my husband gets paid, we will bring food to him. We don't know what else to do.

I helped a friend once raise money for her dog who needed surgery. It was easy. Within a couple of days we raised the money. So it came to me yesterday that I would do the same for Chuck....I feel the need to erase his burdens. I want to promise him we will watch out for his sons...continue to take him homemade soup, chili and chowders when we "make too much". And I will do my best to raise the money needed to at least cover a portion of the funeral costs when he is gone.

How did this happen? How can it be possible that our lives have changed so suddenly? We are planning for his death and he is still breathing. The injustice of it all angers me beyond comprehension. I want to scream. I cry and I pray for his passing to be free of pain and worry. I hope as he does, that he will see summer and be able to go fishing with us one more time. And I mourn for all those who knew him and loved him. And I wonder how to tell my daughter who Chuck has always adored. She begs Daddy everytime he goes to visit if she can come too. She draws him pictures. She knows nothing. I don't know what I'll say to her when the time comes.

So far I've had one person donate for Chuck's cause. A $25 donation from a tech who works in the pharmacy where Chuck got his meds from. Another friend of mine who doesn't even know Chuck is going to donate this week. I am asking for people to share the link to the gofundme page. Everyone I know is struggling financially. But I KNOW that a few dollars from everyone adds up....and the further we spread the word, the closer we will hopefully get to our final goal. It is a HUGE amount, and I imagine people see that amount and think we'll never get there....but I have hope! I've been praying to God to help us meet our goal. And I KNOW if people search their hearts they will find a way to help too.

If anyone is reading this, all I ask is that you share the link on your facebook page and if you can spare anything, a small donation would make a HUGE difference! Our first donation was $25...if just 10 people donated that amount we'd have $250....if 100 people donated $10 we'd have $1000....social media is the greatest way to spread the word and I would really appreciate it if my MFP family here could help spread the word!

Please share the link! I will ask that God blesses each and every one of you who does! Thank you so much!"

http://www.gofundme.com/2a8bis


THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!!