My Place to Yours

  My sister recently told me of a friend who purchased several mani/pedi coupons online. She then arranged for a mutual friend and her mother and sister to use them the day before the sister was to start chemo treatments for breast cancer. The gift-giver offered to bring the coupons by her friend's house at the appropriate time. As a surprise, she arranged for a limo to pick up the ladies and take them for their day of pampering.   I would never have thought to do this, but I'll definitely remember this fantastic example of creative caring! You will, too ... won't you?   Source   This is part of a 31-day series. To read previous posts, go HERE. ... Keep Reading...

This creative caring idea was originally posted September 14, 2011.     ... A dear friend died of cancer. It was one of those "she did everything right" cases. Over the past few years she'd worked hard to move from slightly overweight to "fit and trim." She had regular checkups. But last January she was diagnosed with an invasive and aggressive cancer that managed to evade the best of tests for too long, and her efforts to find a cure weren't realized. She died at the very young age of 50 and left behind a husband of 38 years, a 20-something married son, and a daughter who just began her senior year in high school.   So how does this post qualify as a "table" post?   When Donna's family had their world turned ... Keep Reading...