01/14/15- Dear Tom, When I first met my wife, Kady Jacobs, she was raising her son as a single parent. It was 2008 and she had become a casualty of the recession and was unemployed. I was amazed at her strength as she overcame every obstacle placed in front of her while she brought up […]
01/07/15- Dear Tom, I have a Christmas wish for a special man in my life— my husband, Jay. Jay has always been a hard worker and a talented artist. He attended the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB), an HBCU and is affiliated with Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. Jay was a high […]
12/31/14- Dear Tom, My Christmas Wish is for my mom, Sandra Charleston. In 2014 although she had several, health issues, she lost her disability and now she must work two jobs just to try to make ends meet. My mom is such a sweet women and her talent in embroidery really shines through when […]
12/24/14- Dear Tom, I currently work as a Mental Health Specialist for an independent group home that provides shelter and therapeutic services for men and women with mental illness and drug and alcohol issues in Nashville, Tennessee. Two months ago, my company announced at a staff meeting that our hours and pay would be […]
12/17/14 – Dear Tom, My name is Z. Melody Hill and I have proudly served my country as both a Military Reservist in the Air Force and with my work at the Department of Homeland Security; securing our borders through Immigration & Customs Enforcement. In June of this year, my husband and I found […]
12/10/14- Dear Tom, My wife and I were blessed to have 3 beautiful children—a girl and two boys. We were living the American dream and in one day our lives were shattered. In December 2008, our daughter suddenly passed away days after her thirteenth birthday, due to complications from sickle-cell anemia. This happened three days […]
12/03/14 – Dear Tom, I have twin, 18 year-old grandsons, Malik and Jabari Weeks who are college freshmen this year. They are both smart, athletic young men, who have been playing football since they were small. It is both their dreams to receive football scholarships and play for the same HBCU. My grandsons tell […]
11/26/14 – Dear Tom, My name is Vernisha Johnson and I would like to ask for your help to give my brother, Craig Glover a special holiday Christmas Wish. Craig’s only son, Jarvis, 32, died on October 23, 2014 when he failed to get out of the way of a Norfolk Southern freight train […]
11/19/14 – Dear Tom, I am writing to ask a Christmas wish for a very important person in my life— my mother. On November 1st, the boiler in my mother’s home exploded— and I mean exploded! Her basement looks like a charred bomb site in Bagdad. On Thanksgiving Day, we will give thanks for the miracle […]
11/12/14 – Dear Tom, I’m writing in for my daughter, Ashley who is a really great person and wonderful mom to both her daughters. She was laid-off from her job back in march of this year and really fell behind on her bills. Her father and i tried to help as much as possible; […]
For iPhone: 11/05/14 – Dear Tom, I never dreamed that i would be writing to ask for your help. In December 2013, my husband, of 24 years went into cardiac arrest. In the midst of the nightmare, my daughter, son and I had to perform CPR until the ambulance arrived. Later, we were told that his […]
For iPhone: 10/29/14 – Dear Tom, From her premature birth, to a childhood with a small hole in her heart, my daughter, Miracle has endured so much. Now, as a teenager, she developed double Scoliosis, a medical condition in which her spine is curved severely from side to side. Originally, my daughter was not a […]
