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Feeling good about my "good deed"... Hoping to inspire others to follow suit

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lizmartinez

on May. 27, 2012 at 7:51 PM

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I have a friend who is 27 weeks pregnant. Her fiancé left her and she lives with her dad (who is supporting her fully under the condition that she goes back to college). Her dad is not able to financially support her AND the baby, but has offered to help when he can. She will live there for free with HER needs taken care of, while BD covers the needs of their child. I have a 16 month old DS and we has huge baby shower (that my mother and sister threw for me). We have lots of clothes, toys, shoes, sheets, etc that have never been or have been lightly used. I am giving her all these "extra" things to help her get started with her new baby and raising him on her own.
I'm not posting this to toot my own horn, only to ask others to do something similar. If you have a friend in need who doesn't ask anything of you, and who helping doesn't create a loss for you, help them.
I know, with helping her, if my family and I are ever in need, someone some place will help us.

A friend said to me last week, "imagine if all we had were the people and things we were grateful for the day before." It really made me think. Appreciate what you have and do unto others :)

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on May. 27, 2012 at 7:51 PM

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Taylor.gibson74

on May. 27, 2012 at 8:10 PM

I did the same thing my bestfriend goes to cosmetology school with this girl that's due 2 weeks before me with a gir I'm having a boy but dd who is almost 1 I had all kids of too small clothes so I loaded all of them up and gave them to her.she was so greatful!!!it made me happy to know I could help someone!!I'm usually a pack rat and hate getting rid of stuff but inn that case it was worth it!!good job momma!!

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jrsmommy0427

on May. 27, 2012 at 8:14 PM

I did this for my best friend. And ive given a lot of clothes away on freecycle instead of having a garage sale.

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angela.bouchard

Angela on May. 27, 2012 at 8:38 PM

I gave some of my sons things to a girl who had her son early and didn't have much. He had a lot of clothes in every size so we kept most of it and they are vacuum sealed in the attic. We plan on having more so we want to save it.