Christmas Wish
7/01/15- Dear Tom, Four years ago, my mother and step-dad, Willie Mae and Jerry Sheppard, were given custody of their grand-daughters from my step-brother. The children are now, ages 7, 6, 5 and 4. My mother works in a store and earns an hourly wage and my step-dad is on disability, which means that […]
6/24/15- Dear Tom, I am proudly nominating my future daughter-in-law, Korrye Richardson for the Christmas Wish. She is a young elementary school teacher, who tutors students in the evening and is faithful to her commitments. This summer, she will marry my oldest son after they have been dating off and on for 8 years, […]
Dear Tom, 6/17/15- My husband, Reggie loves to fry fish. Not too many weekends will go by before he’s on the back porch frying up some fish for all our family, friends and neighbors. He’s gotten such a reputation that “Reggie’s catfish is the bomb”, he’s been asked by several motorcycle clubs and organizations […]
6/10/15- Dear Tom, Two years ago, my wife of 29 years, finally built up enough nerve to have gastric bypass surgery done to take care of health problems. The bypass seemed to be successful. However, complications soon developed when her intestines became blocked and she had to undergo two, emergency operations. She was in […]
6/03/15- Dear Tom, I am submitting this Christmas Wish on behalf of the South Florida Boys & Girls Choir-“Hope Through Harmony” after school program. We are a Florida non-profit organization, “Saving Lives Through Song.” Our program offers artistic/performance training to “at-risk” boys and girls, ranging in age from 6-17. Our focus is music, however, […]
5/27/15- Dear Tom, I am a single mother of eight. One of my children passed away in 2014 and my two eldest have moved on. My younger five are living with me. I work as a high school substitute teacher. I was fortunate to work every day, but because I earn a flat hourly […]
5/20/15- Dear Tom, My son Jhajuan is a 14 year-old, African American male who is interested in attending the advance program for young scholars (advance) at northwestern state in Natchitoches, Louisiana. It is a three-week intense and demanding program for gifted students that provides an entire year’s worth of high school or a semester […]
5/13/15- Dear Tom, I would like you to please grant a Christmas Wish for my mother, Mrs. Pearl Deshields. My mother became a widow at thirty-four years-old after the death of my father. She went on to successfully raise four children while she worked full time to support us as a sales associate. Since education […]
5/06/15- Dear Tom, My name is Nathaniel James and I am a single dad, who was recently diagnosed with colon cancer. I have completed my first 28 radiation and chemotherapy treatments, but i will need to have some additional surgeries coming up. I am writing this letter to you because of my daughter, Aleana James. I […]
4/29/15- Dear Tom, My name is Sharon Anderson and I am a first sergeant in the army, stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia. I have proudly served for twenty-three-years and will continue until my retirement. I am writing to you because I have a sister who is the single parent of a child with sickle cell disease […]
4/22/15- Dear Tom, I am in need of your help—please. I am fifty-nine years of age and disabled due to a degenerative condition called Lumbar Spinal Stenosis, which is caused by the choking of the nerves in my spinal column. I suffer from a severe form of this disorder and I have a great […]
4/15/15- Dear Tom, My sister Harriet has had a rough time lately. She is the mother of two children and as a single mother she did the best job possible. She suffered a stroke 10 years ago at the age of 45 and as a result also had a craniotomy and was in Nero […]