Today’s blog post, after having four million views of 5,000 blog posts published here for over a dozen years, is one of the saddest ones for me to write. But it may be the one that helps improve the lives of two children who lost their mother and father to a tragedy during the holiday season. They need your help.
Last month, the New Rochelle school district, where I live, sent out a cryptic
email about two parents dying. No details were provided. I remember finding
something online about a fiery one-car crash on the local streets. It was
terrible. Someone’s kids lost their world. But I knew little else.
Just the other day I found out it was my kids’ former nanny, Etta, who had lost
her daughter in that accident. We had not seen her in a dozen years but my wife
and daughter and I immediately visited her.
Here is a woman, a long-time Jamaican immigrant, who only has love in her
heart. A God-fearing, respectful, honest-to-the-penny woman, she helped raise
my kids as if they were her own, and now she is left to struggle to raise her
daughter’s children, a fourth- and ninth-grader, after losing her only daughter
and son-in-law to a freakish accident.
It was sudden, but the impact is ever-lasting. It appears the vehicle
malfunctioned but the details no longer matter. The daytime, clear-weather solo
car crash of the electric vehicle has left a beautiful family in dire straits.
It was all over the news. See here:
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There are two children to raise. And no money is coming in just yet. They don’t
even know if there is a life insurance policy or how to access any savings her
daughter may have had. But the bills keep coming, including the rent. Everyone
is mourning and seeking to adjust to a new normal that is further complicated
by financial insecurity.
Etta has had many challenges in life. Just a few years ago her home burned to
the ground. But she moved forward and continued to see the good in the world.
Material things are not important to her. A person’s worth is measured by how
they treat others and how they love. She knew she always had her church and
family.
And now she has lost a piece of her family. Parents should never have to bury a child.
When we curse the world for its brutal
unfairness, we might think of Etta.
Everything now is in disarray. Etta may have to move the kids because she can’t
afford the rent on their limited means. They are 80.
The last thing you want is for the kids not to
have stability of school, home, and friends.
I am asking that you donate what you can to a gofundme page — and to share this
with others. I realize you don’t know Etta or these kids, but trust me, they
deserve your support and are good people experiencing something very bad.
* Please help because it is in your heart to do the right thing.
* Please help because two innocent children need it.
* Please help as a thank you to me for the thousands of free blog posts I have
shared with you.
* Please help change the trajectory of two young lives.
Click here to donate: https://gofund.me/af91fa92
Please share this with others.
Thank you in advance for your generosity!
Brian Feinblum
brianfeinblum@gmail.com
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