I live in Franklin, TN and received two generous gifts last week. One was in the mailbox in a beautiful card with Bible verses and the other was hand delivered to my husband when I was away. It also was in a beautiful card with Bible verses and a card from 12 Ordinary Women. This was so touching to our entire family. Our three teenage girls could not believe how thoughtful and sweet this was coming from anonymous woman! I immediately thought of the 12 disciples of Christ who were 12 ordinary men. The Lord has been so very faithful to us! This gift touched my heart so deeply and it was truly needed at this time! I love the necklace with the tree of life and “HOPE” written on it. I will wear this each day to remind me of these women who cared enough about me to send this wonderful anonymous gift!!! You are not ordinary, but extraordinary and I know that the Lord is so pleased with you all! Thank you again for bringing me hope,love, kindness, and compassion! I will remember this all of my life and be forever thankful for your generosity! May the Lord bless each one of you!
Thank you for the lovely gift
Today I got a call from a nice lady who said someone would be making a delivery soon from Twelve Ordinary Women, and she wanted to make sure someone would be at home. A short while later, a nice couple arrived to drop off some lovely flowers, two coolers filled with prepared foods packaged for the freezer, a pretty silver angel ornament, and a book by Sarah Young, a favorite Christian author. I think they were just going to leave their bounty on the porch, and go, but my husband saw them first. When he asked who sent the gift, the lady directed him to the note enclosed with the gifts, which in turn directed me to this website, which has been my first knowledge of Twelve Ordinary Women. What a wonderful idea to provide help for someone going through a rough time! I was diagnosed with an incurable cancer over seven years ago, and am now in the later stages of the disease. I have a lot of bone issues and use a walker, but I can no longer stand to do much of anything in the kitchen. My sweet, wonderful, husband is a great caregiver, but he isn't a cook, so meals have become somewhat of a problem, though our church has been a great help. I asked my husband sometime recently if he regretted never learning how to cook, and he replied, “no, but I'll bet you regret it!”. This gift of food for the two of us is so very nice and thoughtful, and we are so appreciative. It will go a long way towards feeding us, and will be a great help for my husband when it comes to preparing meals. My immunity stays low because of chemo and the cancer, so even going out to eat isn't really possible anymore. I certainly haven't lost hope because of nice people like you, and I know I'm in God's hands so no matter what happens, I will be O.K., but it's kind folks like you that act as God's ministers that help keep me going one day at a time. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your kindness.
Sara
Franklin TN Thank you!
I received two generous gifts last week. One was in the mailbox in a beautiful card with Bible verses and the other was hand delivered to my husband when I was away. It also was in a beautiful card with Bible verses and a card from 12 Ordinary Women. This was so touching to our entire family. Our three teenage girls could not believe how thoughtful and sweet this was coming from anonymous woman! I immediately thought of the 12 disciples of Christ who were 12 ordinary men. The Lord has been so very faithful to us! This gift touched my heart so deeply and it was truly needed at this time! I love the necklace with the tree of life and “HOPE” written on it. I will wear this each day to remind me of these women who cared enough about me to send this wonderful anonymous gift!!! You are not ordinary, but extraordinary and I know that the Lord is so pleased with you all! Thank you again for bringing me hope,love, kindness, and compassion! I will remember this all of my life and be forever thankful for your generosity! May the Lord bless each one of you!
Orlando Florida Thank you.
What a sweet, sweet surprise! Thank you!
The last four months have been life changing for all of us. Watching a child battle cancer is not something you would wish on anyone. However, this journey has been filled with blessings that we would never have experienced without the diagnosis…so we are thanking God for all things, even cancer. Your kindness is another reminder that on days when it seems like people have forgotten what we have been through, people do in fact remember… and care. May our good God return to each of you the blessing bestowed on me today.
Elizabethtown KY thank you.
Today my mom called me to tell me she had a delivery from Elizabethtown, KY. She had no idea what it could be. She called me in tears to tell me that she had received her gift. When she opened it she found a Willow Tree Angel Surrounded By Love and money in a card. She has no idea who or where it came from. She would like to Thank Everyone who sent it to her from the bottom of her heart. She was diagnosed with Stage 4 Ovarian Cancer on September 2nd, 2015. She has already had two chemo treatments and surgery will be in November. Thanks for all the prayers and thoughts sent. I am sending this for her on her behalf. Thanks her daughter Stephanie Love Janice
An ordinary day thank you.
An ordinary day where I was dealing with my austistc son's random meltdowns, we just happened to make our way to the porch because he was wanting to calm down and had said he would do so only with me. It was at that moment that we discovered our beautiful, unexpected gift. He all of s sudden became so excited, from tears to pure joy. We brought it out to the driveway and waited a few minutes for my daughter to get off the bus. When she arrived, my son ran over and told her that we had received a gift. And boy, what a gift we had never expected! We could not believe the thought, the care, the generosity and the heart that played into making this amazing gift for our family! We are still stunned! Thank you for blessing our family with renewed hope, with joy, with compassion and with complete love. We will pay this act of random love and kindness forward because that is truly what life should be about. We may not be able to be asgenerous finacially but we can definitely show love and kindness andrandom acts of even the smallest generosity to make someone's day. You all went above and beyond that. We are so thankful! Blessings and much love to you!!!!!!
Surprised and shocked.
Thank you for all your gifts. I'm sorry I didn't meet you. I don't know how you picked me for gifts but I really appreciate everything. I am surprised and shocked. Thank you again and may all of you be blessed!!
Thompson Station, TN thank you
My name Is Mark and I live in Thompsons Station TN. My wife just called me and told me that someone was coming to the door and bringing something. She said she didn't know who it was but someone knew them. I Answered the door to a very sweet women. I think I was in to much pain and wasn't thinking to ask her name,we had a very nice talk. She had handed me a card which we have been receiving a lot of get well cards. After she left I went in the kitchen and opened the card and to my surprise it had money in it. I started to cry from the generosity from complete strangers. I own my own hair salon and I work by my self. Not only do we have bills at home but we have all the bills at the salon. This has been such a blessing to our family since I have been out of work close to a Three weeks. One of the first thing that happened at the trama unit when my wife first saw me is I just broke down in tears not knowing what we were going to do about our bills. From the bottom of my heart I am so thankful and grateful for the gift of money to my family which came at such a pivital time. We have been blown away by everyone. I hope you know that your ministry is amazing and it takes such a weight away from families in need. I sit here writing this and am overwhelmed from 12 ordinary women. Thank you so much, I can't convey how much this means to our family.
Elizabethtown, KY thank you.
Today my mom called me to tell me she had a delivery from Elizabethtown, KY. She had no idea what it could be. She called me in tears to tell me that she had received her gift. When she opened it she found a Willow Tree Angel Surrounded By Love and $300 in a card. She has no idea who or where it came from. She would like to Thank Everyone who sent it to her from the bottom of her heart. She was diagnosed with Stage 4 Ovarian Cancer on September 2nd, 2015. She has already had two chemo treatments and surgery will be in November. Thanks for all the prayers and thoughts sent. I am sending this for her on her behalf.
Austin, TX thank you
This is from my older brother Curtis in Austin ,TX. Today someone went out to his house and gave him a gift w/o any questions. He doesn't have email but wanted me to send this in appreciation to you all. He said to tell yall thankyou ever so much it will come in handy and be put to great use. Thankyou ever so much, your friend Curtis D..i personally too would love to thankyou all ..i miss him and worry about him. Xoxo god bless yall