She is a cleaning lady at a local Social Service Agency.
 
She used to clean at a local Motel, making pretty good money. 
 
Then she was getting older and it was hard to do the work, so she retired on a very small income. 

She was looking forward to spending more time with her grandchildren.  Boy, did that ever work out!
 
As she spent more time with them she learned about some abusive situations in their homes.  The State began to get involved.  She loved them and could not bear to think of them being in Foster Care while she was still alive.  So, she made the necessary arrangements for them to move in with her and for her to have full custody of them.
 
So, in essence, she is starting over again, late in life. 

She was poor to begin with. 

Now, with school clothes to buy, meals for three instead of meals for one, doctors and dentists visits typical of 2nd and 5th graders, etc., she found that she had to go back to work in order to provide for her little loved ones.
 
That's how we met her.  We take her to work and back five days a week.
 
This is a hard time of the year for folks like her.  They want to give to their children, but most of the money has already been spent on basic necessities.

That's why, day before yesterday, we were thrilled that she left this voice-mail message on the MUMs Phone. 
 
 In the Spirit of Christmas, we are passing it along to you.
 

I only wish you could hear the EXCITEMENT in her voice!!

(We have omitted names for the protection of her privacy) 

Hi . . . . . . this is B---- ,
 
S(granddaughter) has a dentist appointment with Dr. M-- tomorrow at 11:00 and I would like to know if after he's done can you pick me up and take me to WalMart?
 
I need to go shopping!!!

I needed God to help me get them shoes, and I asked Him for help, and now I have two gift certificates from someplace called "A Christmas Card"!!!
 
One is for A(grandson) and one is for S(granddaughter)!!
 
They are for $40.00 APIECE !!!!
 
I am SO THANKFUL!!
 
Let me know if you can take us to Dr. M--'s, and later take me to WalMart so I can get them what they need for Christmas!!
 
Thanks for praying for us and being so good to us!  I love you.
 
I hope, someday, to be able to do something great for you.  See you later.  Bye."
 

 We think she doing something pretty great, right now!!  Don't you?
 
Merry Christmas, dear Lady!! 
 

You are an inspiration to all who know you!

Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop--thirty, sixty or even a hundred times what was sown."
                                                         (Mark 4:20 NIV) 

 
  "Always be a little kinder than necessary." - James M. Barrie