WARNING: N.S.F.P.R.B.Y.W.C. (not safe for public reading because you will cry)
This crazy community has done something amazing, unprecedented even. It’s almost impossible to describe. YOU have been a part of it whether you know it or not. You’ve helped theCHIVE community change the lives of hundreds of individuals with rare medical conditions, veterans on the verge of suicide, and first responders who need a helping hand.
With over 350 individuals helped to date, many of them with the rarest of medical conditions, it’s inevitable that we’ll lose a recipient we’ve all fallen in love with every once in a while. But that doesn’t make days like today any easier to face.
The following is a letter from a husband of a Chive Charities grant recipient, Bobbi Reeping. It’s the rawest emotion I’ve ever seen put into words and one of the most beautiful things I’ve read. Rather than try to describe it, I’ll let Mark take it away.