Just got this email from Dawn. Hopefully it's not breaking any forum rules, but I thought it was important enough that it needed to be posted here and in the Project Underhaulin thread too, just to be sure everyone saw it. A really good thing was done by a lot of good people on here.
Thank You?????
From: chvynut44 (dawn.martin33@yahoo.com)
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Sent:
Wed 9/17/08 2:31 AM
Reply-to:
chvynut44@yahoo.com
To:
Bill (zippydodog@msn.com)
Dear Bill:
I wanted to call you but couldn't find your number. I probably couldn't get through a conversation anyway. I just can't seem to keep myself composed over this whole situation. Is thank you the appropriate thing to say? How about telling you how grateful I am? Honest to God, I don't know what to say to you for initiating the kind of support I am receiving from so many people. If I may ask you one question though Bill, it would be WHY ME?? What could I have done or said to deserve this? You know, there were a lot of people that took me by the hand the first week or so after I lost Clyde and told me they were there for me, and to let them know if I needed anything. They all knew our situation. These were people I thought were our friends. I never heard from any of them ever again. I had one of my girls literally holding me upright at home while the other one put coffee cans in gas stations to raise money so we could bury her daddy. She took his favorite ragged out flannel shirt and dirty Chevy cap to dress him in and made all the arrangements and not one of those people were there to even hold her hand. Then, one day I came to terms with the fact that if I don't sell our trucks, I may not make it and I put the whole lot on ebay. a couple of months later and I'm struggling so hard to find the words to thank someone I've never even met face to face for changing my life! I remember in one of the first emails you sent to me that you said all of the members in your forum were awesome people. Well, to me, all of you are beyond awesome. I truly believe that each and every one of you were hand picked by God to make a difference in my life and you will never, ever know how much that means to me!
I promise i will come on the site and thank you all as soon as I can, but right now, I can't find the courage to do it. I can't explain why but I don't know if I could handle it yet. I'm so overwhelmed. I don't want anyone to be upset with me but I don't think it's right for me to let ya'll work on my truck if you won't use the money that was donated. I've had an awful migrain ever since Trai said ya'll won't take it.
I'm sorry this note turned out to be so long, but I wanted to try and let you know how very grateful I am to you for caring and I thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Sincerely, your friend,
Dawn