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blue neen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-24-07 03:49 PM
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A Christmas Story that Will Warm Your Heart
Edited on Mon Dec-24-07 03:55 PM by blue neen
A Mother and Daughter Reunited

Their disabilities had kept them apart for 3 1/2 long years, but two days before Christmas it was all tears of joy and a firm embrace


"Minutes before it happened, mother and daughter were clueless. Oh, but they had inklings.

When they finally saw each other yesterday afternoon, after 3 1/2 long years of separation, the result was a torrent of tears, cries of joy and a flood of emotions that confirmed a deep-seated love.

And in a scene for the season, a disabled mother wept while crawling the length of her bed, desperate to embrace her disabled daughter.

"Money can't buy this," the mother said in tears.

Yolanda Massella, 83, of Mt. Lebanon, is bedridden and confined to her bedroom with muscular dystrophy. Her daughter Jacquie Naughton, 59, a mental health therapist who lives in Upper St. Clair, also has MD and must use a wheelchair..."


http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07358/844113-55.stm

There are still some very kind people left in this world.
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angstlessk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-24-07 04:50 PM
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1. WoW, made me cry and I don't know either of the parties.
What a great gift for them both.
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melody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-24-07 04:51 PM
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2. What a beautiful, wonderful story. Thanks for posting it. n/t
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SalmonChantedEvening Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-24-07 06:43 PM
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3. Thank you blue neen this is a wonderful story :)
:hug: :hi: Merry Christmas :D
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