I wanted to reach out and say THANK YOU for the gift bag!! It was filled with such beautiful things - a gorgeous throw blanket, a necklace (which I am already wearing), a sign to remind me that I'm tough, and so much more. I felt so special to receive such a generous and thoughtful gift from a group of people I don't even know. Even though this journey is hard to navigate and it seems like you see the people at the Dr's office as much as you do your family, it is so great to know there are people out there praying and supporting you all the way! Please continue to provide hope to those who need it so desperately.
Love to All,
Elizabeth
Emails lost!!!!
I will be updating the entries over the next few days but I have sad news. All emails that came into 12 Ordinary Women from 3/29/2020 -12/18/2020 have been lost and after hours of trying they cannot be recovered. If you emailed us between those dates please resend your emails and I will work to get them posted.
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Your precious gift couldn’t be more timely!
I returned from my girls getaway feeling down—having seen moms and dads playing with their kids as a whole family unit. Soon I would be taking my son on vacation and those familiar pangs of pain and loss were rising up. It just feels incomplete with just the two of us. And feelings of guilt follow—like why can’t I just enjoy my son on my own. I prayed for God to intervene and bring me renewed motivation and strength to parent my son alone. So your precious gift couldn’t be more timely. Thank you for letting God move through you. He is good and I see that he’s listening.
Keeran
Thank for the gift of encouragement
Thank you so much for the gift of encouragement and hope. Things do get tough and heavy often times. Your encouragement and reminder that God is near was needed and appreciated.
David M
Soon to be a family of 5
Thank you all for your thoughts, prayers and very kind gesture. We have felt during loved during this season of transition and adoption. Thank you for giving us the gift of fun...we look forward to using it very soon as a family of five. Thank you again for loving us!
Lauren
This gesture has shown us that we are not alone.
My husband Leonardo and I received your gift and card through the mail. We wanted to thank you all so very much for this gesture. Our son passed away very suddenly at the age of three on January 5th and it is something that has hit us extremely hard, but we try to continue moving forward with life since our baby daughter is due to come March 18th. This gesture has shown us that we are not alone.
Wendy
The care package was so tailored specially for our family
No words can ever truly express the love and gratitude that I and my whole family is feeling. The last five months has been a tough health year for our family, starting with me undergoing surgery for a brain aneurysm and now doing chemo for breast cancer. I was greeted today by a woman who handed me a care package and said that people are praying for me. At that point I was overcome with tears of gratitude and disbelief that someone I don’t know would do something like this. The care package was so tailored specially for our family and what we were going through and our favorite places to go, it truly was a gift from god. The thought of others caring so deeply for others they don’t even know, gives me such hope for myself, my family, as well as for society. I am crying tears of love as I write this and you are clearly not 12 ordinary women, but 12 extraordinary women. I truly believe that god gives you what you can handle and this is something that will help us get through these tough times as well as give me the strength to get through my (hopefully) last brain surgery next week. Thank you and I can’t wait to find a way to pay this forward. Love, Cristina and Tony
You helped my daughter in MN!
My daughter in MN just received the most wonderful basket today and we are both in tears. Thank you from the bottoms of our hearts. God Bless you all !!!. Neither of us have ever heard of your organization but I live in Michigan and if you have an organization here I would like to get involved. Thank you again!!
Jane
On behalf of my mother thank you…
In behalf of my mother Maria, we are truly surprised and blessed to have received such a generous gift. To whomever is keeping Maria in their thoughts and prayers, thank you for the bottom of our hearts. May God continue to bless each and every single one of you. Thank you!! ~ Love, Maria and Leticia