I think having your home burn anytime is awful, but just before Christmas is really awful. Your health is number one, but losing all of your possessions is a terrible thing to happen.
https://forum.calgarypuck.com/showth...69765&page=549
https://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthread.php?t=177268
I met longsuffering just the one time, but whether he one one of my CP friends or a poster I'd never met; this situation upset me.
So, I badgered him till he agreed to accept my help. He has pride, as most of us do; and asking for help is hard. But this man and his wife lost everything.
He is dealing with insurance, the condo people etc. he has a place to stay paid for by insurance through Monday. Insurance came through with a vehicle (theirs was lost in the fire/destroyed by falling debris) so help is coming. But like many of us, money is tight, and this situation has hurt.
I am not a CP 1%er! Not a man of means at all, but I do like to help people.
I am meeting them today to bring them some immediately needed things.
I am going to replace their Christmas presents lost in the fire.
Will do more privately.
So, once again, I would like to reach out to those people on CP that would also like to help. Maybe you have a gift card or something to slide his way. He is a real person, a real situation not like that Florida thing!
Contact him directly, send him a PM. I have his reluctant blessing to post this.
Thanks if you can see your way to helping out with anything.
Aeneas/Troy