My
mother loved to read. She taught me to read before I started Kindergarten. I
remember her reading books to me quite frequently. She taught me how to cook,
bake and sew. When she didn’t have a car, she would walk me half-way across
town to buy me a paint-by-number or other craft activity kit with her last
couple of dollars. She was fun and silly. She used to sit next to me at bedtime
and pet my face for me until I could fall asleep.
I
remember my mother being a very kind, sincere and compassionate woman. She was
moved by other people’s emotions. Many said she was just too sensitive or
ridiculous, but I am the same way! She wanted to help others so bad, so she
attempted to go to nursing school; but, she got kicked out of the program
because she was breaking the rules of the facility by allowing the patients to
do various things not allowed, just to make them more comfortable.
Due
to remembering my mother in this light, I feel that I NEED to honor her life
and existence by completing something GREAT for others IN HER NAME. She
was always doing kind things for other people, helping them out and such. So,
by me creating a foundation of charity as a result of her death, I feel that
she would be very pleased and proud! If
nothing else good came from her life due to her struggle with mental illness, I
can at least allow for something good to come from her death and the awful
circumstances in which she passed on (alone and disassociated).
A friend of mine,
Jeffrey Knapp, has already started an organization in my mother's name. It is
KIVA Lending and it gives small business loans to people both here in the
United States and in third world for business start-up funding and capitol. The
entire organization is run and funded by volunteers. Volunteers can log on to
the site, check out the various lending situations and choose one they feel
compelled to support! It is a great charity organization that supports
the independence of women worldwide. My mom, I think, would
definitely like the idea of this!
Please, take a peek at it and see what you think. You never know, maybe
YOU could use a small loan to help with something! http://www.kiva.org/team/jdp
I originally tried to
sort everything out with my mother's circumstance, but it was really too hard
for me to barrel through all of the disappointments and emotions that
came with it. But now that I have been able to spend some time processing it
all and working through it, I am hoping that I will have what it takes see these
efforts through to the end!
All I need is some
determination, focus, desire and support from friends and fellow philanthropists!
Thank you for your
encouragement and kind words!
God Bless to all of you,
Miranda Rhuda
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