[UbuntuWomen] About Amber Graner

[Valorie Zimmerman]

On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 7:27 PM, Amber Graner <akgraner at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 8:48 AM, Flavia Weisghizzi <flavia at weisghizzi.it> wrote:
>> Hi to all!
>>
>> I've just read that Amber Graner's house caught on fire while she and
>> her husband were attending at USD.
>>
>> It has been started a found to help Graner family
>> http://ubuntu-news.org/2010/10/29/help-the-graner-family.
>>
>> Can we do something for her?
>
> Thank you all so much!  Your thoughts, prayers, emails, contributions,
> smiles, laughs, hugs, encouragement and more continue to bring a smile
> to our hearts and peace to our minds.
>
> We had insurance on the house so we are just dealing with that part of
> the process now.  Clean-up begins tomorrow.  Thanks to the generosity
> of so many we are able to take care of the immediate needs and
> intermediate needs while we wait on the insurance company to do their
> thing.
>
> "Thank You" doesn't seem to convey the gratitude my heart is
> overflowing with.  I'll just have to trust that you all know how close
> I hold you to my heart.  Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
>
> with more gratitude than I can express in my lifetime,
> Amber

Amber, you completely and totally embody the phrase "grace under fire"
-- except it was "after fire." It is rough sometimes for us women to
accept help, but your gratitude and love for all of us, and love for
your family, just shines out.

{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}

Valorie
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