I want to give a little of a background story to begin.
My name is Christina, however I go by Nina. I am 24 years old and I became a mother just under 11 months ago. Being a mom has opened my eyes to the wider picture of life. I couldn't imagine what I would do or how I would feel if I lost Andrew. Slowly it made me think about how my parents must have felt when I moved 5 hours away. I miss them more than anything! I am and always have been extremely close to most my family. This includes my grandparents on my moms side. [on my Dad's side my Granna lives far away :( and Grandad passed before I was born] so I've always been close to my moms parents.
Grandpa (William Flowers aka Bill) was always one of my favorites! Not completely sure why. Maybe it was because he was a talker just like me, or that he played 'tricks' on us, and was there for everyone of his grandchildren (he has MANY!) we each had our own nick-name growing up... Mine was bones, because I was always super skinny!, ugh I wish that were still true! I love my grandfather more than anything... I wish I could keep going on and on about the good things, but things aren't always good.
We recently found out that my grandpa was diagnosed with Stage 3 Lung Cancer and Leukemia. It has hit everyone in the family pretty hard. Thinking of life without him just isn't an option for me yet. Sometimes it doesn't even seem real. We have slowly tried to get in all we can. This included throwing my grandparents their 50th Wedding Anniversary Party 7 months early, just in case. I honestly hope we get to have another one on the exact date. Like I stated before, I now live 5 hours away and it's hard for me because I don't have the option to spend as much time with him as I'd like. Everytime I visit (I try to make it once a month) I try to see him. Even if it's only for a couple of hours.
As reality starts to set in, things have to be said and talked about. Well one day my grandpa mentioned to my little brother that he doesn't want any flowers at his funereal except the one that lays on the casket. Instead, he wants all the money people would have spent on them to go as a donation to the research of Cancer & Leukemia. My grandpa being himself then made a joke saying 'besides there will already be lots of Flowers there!' HAHAHA (his last name is Flowers)
My brother told me this story and I started wondering if there was a way I could get a donation started now? Well I had seen people sell these bracelets before and decided to look into them. I thought it was a great idea! I'm starting small. Only 200 bracelets, but with my purchase of these 200 bracelets I will be able to give my grandpa over $300+ to give as a donation to whatever organization he decides.
100% of the profits from these bracelets will go to the organization of my grandpa's choosing to support Cancer and/or Leukemia
The bracelets represent both
Orange: Leukemia
White: Lung Cancer
Silicone Bracelets are $2 each
There are a couple ways to order:
eBay: search item number: 261124831401
PayPal: ninahightower@yahoo.com
Please include how many bracelets you want (and if any of the money is an additional donation) -- also if you select your sending money to family/friend they won't charge either of us!
Air Mail:
Christina Hightower
902 South Prairie Lane
Raymore, MO 64083
[I would prefer NOT cash (only because I think sending cash in the mail is scary)] Please include a letter stating how many bracelets you'd like, an address to ship them to, and if any of the money is an added donation.
I want to thank you all in advance. This is just something small I wanted to do to honor my grandfather who I love very dearly. Thank You <3
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