Tacky or not?
Before anyone asks, yep I got rid of that stupid blogroll thing on my sidebar... with the help of a friend of mine of course lol.... Thanks! I'm gonna put the links back up tonight, just don't feel like messing with it right at this moment lol.
I think mom gets to come home today, they took out all her staples this morning and said she's doing great so hopefully she;ll call me in a few and say come get me. I do want to thank everyone that has sent me encouraging emails and left nice comments... your prayers and thoughts mean more to me that you'll know.
Me and mom talked about doing some things that she's always wanted to do, and she mentioned a nice vacation. She's never been on a real nice vacation before.. matter of fact, only one I remember my parents taking when I was younger was we all went to Florida once, and her and my dad went to Tennessee a time or two but other than that, I don't think she's been much of anywhere. Problem is... we're all poor lol.. I told her I'd beg for money if it meant I got to take her somewhere... she told me asking for donations was tacky... so tell me what you think... do you think it'd be tacky of me to do that? I've read peoples blogs before where they'd set uppaypal accounts to get people to donate money to help them with bills or whatever.. if they can do it why can't I right? So tell me folks.... should I try this or not?
I got her registered with hospice yesterday... they said they step in when a person has 6 months left, and then they stay around for 3 months afterward to help the family cope. Breaks my heart to have to do al this though... Doctors told us that our honly hope at this point was to pray for remission. My grandmother has been in remission now for 8 years so I know it's totally possible. =) gives me some hope.
posted by Robyn @ 6:46 AM
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Honey, we've all seen your mom's pics and heard you talking about her, and we know you aren't making this up to get the money. Unfortunately, we're all pretty poor too, and although I don't think it would be tacky, I'm not sure of how EFFECTIVE it'd be to ask for donations here. People around here do Chinese Auctions and raffles to get donations to help with medical bills and such, maybe you could try something like that to raise the funds. Good luck with whatever you decide to do.
what is a chinese auction?
Sorry, I just saw this. A Chinese auction is where you get people to donate stuff (actual physical items or gift certificates, usually) and then you set up all the stuff with a bag or bowl in front of it. Everyone who comes in buys an envelope of say 10 tickets for a dollar, or five dollars, or whatever, and they can drop their tickets in the bag for each item that they want. They can drop in as many tickets as they like. Then at the end of the auction, you just draw one ticket from each bag, and that person wins the item.
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