Happy Day

So today has been a GREAT day Marybeth and I got to go to Soulard market and pick up all sorts of YUMMY produce. We got lucky because we got there just as the rain was stopping. If you have never been there you are really missing out. They have a little of everything. You can find anything from head of lettuce to a Chicken ready to come home with you and lay eggs.

While we were there today we met a wonderful lady names Clare. Marybeth insisted on bringing our rolling basket, and also being the one to roll it. She is not very good with it, and to be 100% honest my patience isn't very long while she is rolling it. Today while rolling the basket she almost ran over my 1.5 million times. While waiting in line at the bathroom we met Clare.

Clare instantly noticed my Pink Ribbon pin, and I instantly noticed she was bald (and just assumed Chemo). My new pink ribbon pin gets noticed it is pink and has A LOT of BLING :). We started to talk and instantly I was drawn into her story. Not only is Clare battling breast cancer but she is also homeless. Like many Americans she lost her home to foreclosure. Three weeks before her home was auctioned she was diagnosed. She lived in hotels for the first few weeks, but the money ran out. Due to her cancer she can't work, and her husband left her.

I asked Clare if she was doing treatment? She told me yes, and she had Susan G. Komen to thank for that. She told me they have covered all costs for her Chemo and have even found a place for her to live for FREE. So starting on the 10th she will no longer be homeless.

So I say to you when you think about making a donation thing about this AMAZING lady named Clare. She is sure she is going to have a home again, get her children back one day, and beat cancer. Life doesn't get much better than that. Have a blessed day everyone :)