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| Thursday, January 05, 2006 |
| As printed in the Tooele Blab... Jan. 3rd letter to the editor |
On Dec. 20, five days before Christmas at seven in the morning, I was discharged from my job based on a technicality. I was absolutely shocked and dismayed at having been so discarded, as though I were a mere piece of crumpled paper floating in the wind. In fact, all thoughts of good tidings and joy went completely from my being, replaced by bitterness and rage. I wanted to do whatever I could to ensure that the people who fired me would be just as cold and miserable as I was at that moment. I started to think of the entire company as being a great inkblot, a blotch on the map of existence. Moreover, I had become convinced that society in Utah in general was full of rotten, self-serving, self-centered hypocritical beings who didn’t care what happened to their fellow man, just so long as their own bottoms were covered.
Then I started having visitors. They brought hot cocoa, clothes, toys and money. They stayed with me and wiped away my tears. They brought hugs and care and warmth. Angels representing more than themselves, but others that were just as concerned about my little family and its fresh diagnoses of doom. I’d never been fired before. I’d never asked for help from outside sources. I’m a single mother of three, and proud that I can get by without looking to my peers for a “handout.” These ladies and gentlemen, (you know who you are), did all of this anonymously. They did it whole heartedly and with no restraint. I didn’t know who to thank or how to thank them. But I want and need to because thanks to them, my little family was able to survive this very cold, hard season. We were able to celebrate Christmas, I paid my bills for an entire month, and was able to buy groceries for my sons and I. Thank you for that. Whoever you are, thank you for providing for us. Thank you for disproving my heart, showing that there’s more to this area than an angry inch and his harem of heartless wenches.
I wasn’t sure I believed in the spirit of Christmas. I wasn’t very convinced of the sense of community in Tooele. But now I know without a doubt that there are angels among us. People willing to go against the grain and help others in a time of need. If I had the ability I would pin you with badges and shout your names to the heavens. I don’t know what your individual beliefs are, but I’m sure you received many marks for your efforts regarding us.
Kat , Tooele |
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