Dear Tom: My name Sam Pollinzi and i am the pastor of “Restored Hope Ministries” in Dallas, Texas. We are a ministry for women caught in sex slavery and trafficking with no way out and unable to break loose. The devastation of sex slavery and trafficking in our nation has rocketed in recent years. Childhood […]
Today’s Wednesday Christmas Wish winner is Tiffany Smith out of Baltimore, Maryland. Hello TJMS, My name is Tiffany Smith and I am a single mother of two girls, one who is five years-old and the other, who just turned two last week. I am a full time employee of the University of Maryland for the […]
Today’s Christmas Wish Winner is Sandra Phillips out of Little Rock, Arkansas.
Hi Mr. Joyner, This holiday will be an emotional one for my children and me. It will be our first without my husband and their father. In October, my brave thirty-seven year-old husband, Gregory Washington, lost his long battle with cancer we had been together since we were twenty-one years-old and although we were married […]
Lisa Anderson of Flint, Michigan is today’s “Christmas Wish” winner. ——– Dear Tom: My name is Lisa Anderson and I am coordinating our Zeta Phi Beta Zeta Chapter of Flint, Michigan’s annual “Pamper Me Day” for the women and children in a local Domestic Abuse Shelter. Last year we sponsored a “Shop Til’ You Drop” […]
Dear Mr. Joyner, i am a single mother of three children; ages 16, 13, and 11. My 16- year- old daughter is a junior in high school and is ranked in the top ten percent of her class. My 13 and 11- year- old sons both suffer with adhd, which at times is very difficult […]
Dear Tom: In January 2010, my then seven-year-old daughter Davie was diagnosed with acute lymph-o-blastic leukemia. I thought fighting her cancer would only take a few months—however, three years later we are still waging this battle. Six months ago, Davie relapsed with lymphoma and has since restarted a rigorous chemotherapy treatment in preparation for […]
Dear Mr. Joyner, My brother, Timothy was in the Marine corps serving his country with the purpose and pride that comes from making a positive difference. Although he has not served in the military for a long time, his strong work ethic and commitment to helping others still survives.The only difference is now he uses […]
Dear Tom: My Christmas wish is for my daughter, Alanna who is five years-old and has autism. She has been sleeping on an airbed for almost a year and has never had a real bed of her own. As a baby, she went from her crib into sharing a twin sized bed with her older […]
Dear Tom, On august 29th of this year hurricane Isaac destroyed the home that I shared with my three children, my elderly father and mother and my sister and her two children in Laplace, Louisiana. We had to be rescued by boat. My seventeen year-old son became a local hero when he jumped into the […]
Dear Santa Tom, I would like to nominate my younger sister, Malika Alexander for a Christmas wish. She is one of the strongest individuals I know. Right now she is tapping into that strength, because her three year-old son was just diagnosed with acute lymph-o-blastic leukemia or all, a fast-growing cancer of the white blood […]
