Recipient 098 here - again, crying, again.
As I said earlier on the thread, this has been the year from HELL. I don't know who nominated me, or even why, as I name change so often I am surprised I stuck in anyones minds long enough.
Our family has been completely torn in half and we are still reeling from the situation we find ourselves in, which is every parents worst nightmare.
It is the kindness of strangers that has kept me going, through the blackest of days - I was gobsmacked to receive the first parcel, but now I have a box of beautiful clothes for DD (the teddy bear dress is out of this world, I am going to put it in her stocking and it can be her Christmas Day dress) - you could read my mind with the woolly dresses, she is a tiny thing and mostly wears dresses because jeans and leggings fall off her, I have been on the hunt for some new dresses while the jeans can be hers when she grows a little.
Then a second box - full of wrapped presents for DD and the new baby (which is still being stubborn and not arriving) and a box of choccies (for me).
I can't get over how much there is, or that I have had a second set of parcels.
Thank you so much, I am so touched.
I accepted the nomination, because I hope that somewhere along the line, I have helped another person who has been in our position, its the only comfort there is in it all, being able to support others through the same situation.
Mumsnet is an amazing place, it really is, I know it has its ups and downs, but I would not have got through the last 12 months without it, in a world where friends and family simply don't know what to say or do, and to be honest, a fair few of whom have more or less disappeared, there is always somewhere to go for a friendly word or a hand hold or even a rant.
Thank you so much to my donors, just knowing someone out there is thinking of us, it really does mean so much.