Long Ago Blessing
By Amber
@AmbiePam (97045)
United States
April 10, 2025 6:48am CST
Life is hard, and I know I’m not telling any of you something new. It seems my family has been dealing with medical bills for so long now. My late mom is gone, so the medical bills are gone now for my dad. But before I was on disability, and then when my mom was sick, my parents were fighting with everything they had to not declare bankruptcy. They never spent it on extras. My dad was saving up for a trip to Hawaii for my mom that took so long to get the money he ended up taking his second wife to Hawaii, not my mom. The great thing about my mom is she didn’t care one bit about anything but being with her family. She wasn’t a travel person, although she DID want to go to Maine for some history related reasons.
One year it got so bad, about two years before I joined Mylot. My dad’s friends decided to get the word out they were going to have a fundraiser for my parents. My dad had a really hard time with it because he just doesn’t accept help easily. So they (my parents friends and those they had helped) reached out far and wide, and I can’t believe how people came through for them. All those people raised the exact amount to pay off mine and my mom’s medical debts. And they really needed every dollar to do it. I remember how we all cried. I had felt like the biggest burden, and I know my mom did too. God came through. Love from others came through. We don’t always get a way out, but sometimes we find a way through.
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17 responses
@terri0824 (5127)
• United States
10 Apr
Medical expense can be incredibly mind boggling that people endure. I've been fortunate enough to be healthy and not have to endure such. What an awesome thing for people to pitch in to help ease the burden of yours and your mom's medical bills. I like your last line, we don't always get a way out, but sometimes we find a way through....
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@AmbiePam (97045)
• United States
11 Apr
@Juliaacv It wasn’t really my idea. I felt like God was like, look, this is a perfect way to help someone. And I got a wonderful blessing of seeing the lady with the dog later, which was just fantastic.
I couldn’t believe her insurance wouldn’t pay. She has seizures, and the dog tells her when one is coming. She’s a single mom so it is especially necessary.
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@wolfgirl569 (114359)
• Marion, Ohio
10 Apr
Medical expenses are extreme. Glad everything got paid. Sadly we are a country that is supposed to be rich but don't take care of our people. Most countries you don't lose everything because of medical bills
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@holdoors (2532)
• Malaysia
10 Apr
That really stayed with me. Your family’s strength and the way your community came together says so much. Your mom sounds like someone who truly valued what matters most. I’m glad people were there when it counted. Stories like yours are a reminder that even in the hardest times, there’s still kindness and love out there.
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@GardenGerty (163052)
• United States
10 Apr
That is wonderful and is a testimony to who you Dad is and Who he represents. One reason I continue working is to finish paying off Bob's medical bills.
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@popciclecold (39943)
• United States
11 Apr
That is qiite a story. So glad you shared this. We just never know what people has been through..
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@allknowing (143561)
• India
11 Apr
It may not have been easy for your Dad to accept financial help but accepting was I am sure better than remaining in debt
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@xFiacre (13434)
• Ireland
11 Apr
@ambiepam Receiving is so much harder than giving wether it is money or some other kind of help. Yet we need to allow others the blessing of being able to give, and not always be the givers ourselves. A hard one to get right. It keeps us all humble and aware of our interconnectedness.
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@JudyEv (350557)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Apr
It's hard to accept help from others but when people have been helped, as your father helped so many, they feel the need to reciprocate. They would have gained as much from the giving as you and your father. Thanks for sharing this with us.
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@MarieCoyle (42631)
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11 Apr
How wonderful and special that they banded together to relieve your family of that huge burden. They showed their love for you all in a much needed way. So very special!
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@Deepizzaguy (108502)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
10 Apr
God will come through when we need His help since He loves us.
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@LindaOHio (186307)
• United States
12 Apr
Your family was blessed with all the financial help that they received.
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@AmbiePam (97045)
• United States
12 Apr
@LindaOHio We did have insurance. I had it through my mom’s job, and it was terrible insurance. It took five years for my disability to be approved (my lawyer was so bad), and you know how 5 years of bills add up.
I still remember when my mom’s job (a Christian college) changed insurance providers. People were so upset because it was an HMO, and you know how those are notoriously bad. Combined with my mom’s medical bills the number became ridiculous.
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@LindaOHio (186307)
• United States
12 Apr
@AmbiePam Did you have insurance? I know my husband ran up hospital bills over $100,000 several times in the last year or so. We only had to pay $2-3,000 each time.
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