Please Help If You Can
I posted this last night. Today I heard more details... the power had gone out because of storms. Pam's husband had lit a candle (with a glass cover on it) and gone outside to feed the outside animals. When he started back in, he saw flames. No power meant no water and no phone.
As I figured, they had no insurance. No one would sell them insurance because the house was too old.
Just heard last night that my cousin Pam's house caught fire this afternoon. Pam is my age. We grew up together. She bit my nose when we were about four years old because I wouldn't stop talking and she wanted to go to sleep. That's love, my friends.
One of her cats didn't make it out, but the rest of her animals are okay. And there are a lot of animals. I wouldn't want to name names for fear of leaving someone out. The house may be a complete loss. This wasn't a fancy house. She and her husband had been building it from the inside out for at least twenty years. It was full of books and cats and dogs and who knows what else. It's on a river with a pasture for her horse. People outside the family have been known to see it as a shack, but it was her home.
It's going to be hard for Pam to get through this. She lives in Alabama in an area that has been hit very hard by the recession. She owns a bookstore. She deals mostly in used books. She has a loyal clientele, but like everyone else, they're broke. She's been hanging on by a thread, trying to keep the store open. She didn't need her house to burn.
I've never sent out a plea for help like this before, but Pam really needs it.
If you're inclined to do so, you can do one of two things...
Buy a book from me. I will send $10.00 from each book purchased from now until the end of October directly to Pam. No middlemen.
http://www.wheatlandpress.com
Or, if you have all the WP books you can stand, then here's one of those donate buttons:
Pam is a good person. She loves animals and books. What more do you need to know?
Thanks.
As I figured, they had no insurance. No one would sell them insurance because the house was too old.
Just heard last night that my cousin Pam's house caught fire this afternoon. Pam is my age. We grew up together. She bit my nose when we were about four years old because I wouldn't stop talking and she wanted to go to sleep. That's love, my friends.
One of her cats didn't make it out, but the rest of her animals are okay. And there are a lot of animals. I wouldn't want to name names for fear of leaving someone out. The house may be a complete loss. This wasn't a fancy house. She and her husband had been building it from the inside out for at least twenty years. It was full of books and cats and dogs and who knows what else. It's on a river with a pasture for her horse. People outside the family have been known to see it as a shack, but it was her home.
It's going to be hard for Pam to get through this. She lives in Alabama in an area that has been hit very hard by the recession. She owns a bookstore. She deals mostly in used books. She has a loyal clientele, but like everyone else, they're broke. She's been hanging on by a thread, trying to keep the store open. She didn't need her house to burn.
I've never sent out a plea for help like this before, but Pam really needs it.
If you're inclined to do so, you can do one of two things...
Buy a book from me. I will send $10.00 from each book purchased from now until the end of October directly to Pam. No middlemen.
http://www.wheatlandpress.com
Or, if you have all the WP books you can stand, then here's one of those donate buttons:
Pam is a good person. She loves animals and books. What more do you need to know?
Thanks.