With the help of my friend Stephanie who posted the page for us on You Caring I'm currently trying to raise funds to help us make the money for our newly acquired and very expensive hospital bill.
So to make this a little more personal to those who may want to donate I thought that I would share our love story with you. A love story bigger than just a Daniel and a Lynnea.
When I was 5 years old I made friends with a little girl in Kindergarten. Her family was kind as was mine. Then I switched schools a couple of years into elementary and didn't see her again until High School. Once in High School I returned to the schools in the same county as her and we became friends again. I count this young girl among one of my closest friends. She asked me when we were about 16 (after my father died) if I would like to go to etiquette classes her church was doing with her. I said sure.
If you know me, you know I have never liked new situations. I was nervous and her older brother drove us to this class. He knew me slightly but we weren't friends or anything. He'd graduated in 2001. So when we got there he went inside and helped me until I was comfortable. Then he left to come get us later. That was one of the last times I remember seeing that young man but he'd left an impression.
Fast Forward a few years. Sept. 2012 to be exact and I'm sitting at home bored on facebook and his name flashes through my mind. So I look him up! lol.
To my surprise I find him, we become friends on facebook and start messaging each other back and forth. He was kind, and he was also now living in Ohio. By this point he'd been married and was now divorced, with 3 kids. He told me about them. Asked why I hadn't gotten married yet. lol.
So here we were two people burned by love in different ways, both convinced that we wouldn't be experiencing long term love. We quickly became friends. This man is a workaholic but he found a way to talk to me almost every day. It wasn't until May 2013 that we hung out in person. He introduced me to his kids and the 5 of us had a blast. Life was good apart from me being about to have my 4th knee surgery. I was about to experience Nashville TN with one of my best friends.
We still talked almost every day, and then a couple of days before I went to Nashville we decided to start texting. Texting became calling and we continued that for over a year.
This guy is stubborn. Even though we could tell we liked each other he wouldn't date me. He didn't want a serious relationship, he was afraid that I would hurt him and the kids. But the kids and I had already gotten close so finally in Feb of 2015 this guy decided to give me a shot. We traveled to see each other in Ohio and KY, and swiftly began to love each other. I was also starting to love the kids. We did so many fun things together, hiking, going to lakes, caves. We just love adventures.
Then in June 2016 after a little over a year this guy proposed to me. He'd decided that not only was a serious relationship okay but that he wanted to marry me. The kids even said they wanted me to officially be their step mom. (We now use the term Bonus Mom) I'm friends with the kids mom even, and so is Daniel. Which is great. But anyway, in October 2016 I married this family of 4 and we became a family of 5 in this household.
We love one another but money is already tight. We have a ton of bills, cost of living isn't low.
We now have a hospital bill. A BIG one. And we NEED help. Anyone that knows me, and that knows Daniel... knows we don't ask for help very often. It's hard for us to find the words. So my friend Stephanie found them for us and I am forever grateful. We've already made a little bit on you caring but we need more! So please pray, share, and donate! Let others know why our cause is important to you and PLEASE help us.
Our love is pure and strong, I wanted you to get to know that side of us. But right now we need more than our love. So please find in your heart to help.
It's 8,000 If just 10 people give 100 each that's 1000 right there, so if just 80 people gave 100 that would cover it right there! If 160 people gave $50 each that would cover it! If 320 people gave $25 we would have it. If 800 gave 10 we would have it. If 1,600 gave $5 each we would have our $8000 needed for this bill! This is a small world. There are more than 1,600 people in this country! I have 1,400 friends on facebook. If my facebook friends shared with their friends... We can do this! We already made a little bit so PLEASE help us meet our goal.
Thank you for your time. Please help the Coopers ReCOOPERate.
ReCOOPERating the Coopers
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