On the way to church this morning Ed was reading me an article about a woman in Florida who had lost everything she had except her two horses. She decided to leave with her horses and ride to Texas to try and find work. The article gave a website to follow her progress. When we got home he said it was in the Jackson paper as well. Curiosity got the best of me and I logged on. Next thing I knew I was emailing the person telling them that we would pick her up and bring her to the farm for a good meal and some rest on her journey. They were asking for people to help along the way. The lady emailed me almost immediately and told me that "Donna Byrne"had made it to Monticello, MS and was being taken care of tonight and would be coming to Brookhaven tomorrow. She would contact me after she talked to Donna to see if we could work out the details. I just got an email that said a couple in Natchez had offered to pick her up in Brookhaven in the morning and take her to Natchez for a couple of days. I can't tell you how disappointed I was. We really wanted to help her and I wanted the grandchildren to meet her. What a courageous woman she must be to be making this journey--a woman alone with two horses and $100 in her pocket. The story said that people along the way had been wonderful to her--someone had shod and stabled her horses, and given her places to stay. With all the bad going on in the world [even Donna losing her job and everything she had] there are still good things happening.
Donna, if you read this I'm sending you prayers and my favorite scripture--Jeremiah 29:11--For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
And Cindi if the pictures were yours, I hope you don't mind that I "borrowed" them. :)
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