Teller Family Wheelchair Lift Update

Remember my post awhile back about my best friend, Marianna Teller, and her son, Andrew, who has cerebral palsy? The family was about to get a wheelchair lift from a nonprofit agency when scrap metal thieves stole the lift. It was heart-breaking, to say the least, but the local news carried the story and anonymous donors gave to a fund to help them buy a new lift, which retails around $7,000. The Tellers were completely floored by the outpouring of generosity, and from perfect strangers!

Then a few weeks later, a woman contacted the nonprofit agency to tell them that her mother had died and that she wanted to donate her wheelchair lift. It was exactly what the Tellers needed! The money in the fund that was donated went to installing the lift on their back porch, and the increased freedom and mobility the family has is "a gift," in Marianna's words.

Click here to see the local news story about the Teller Family....when you get there click on the orange camera icon at the top right of the story to view the video.

Thank you so much for your concern, prayers, kind thoughts, comments and donations to this dear family. I forwarded all of your comments to them and they were so touched by them. People who had no idea how difficult their situation was stole something that would have changed their lives, but just when they were most broken-hearted and overwhelmed, strangers-turned-angels not only gave them back what they lost, but showed them real, tangible kindness.

This is what real love looks like and gosh, it's beautiful.