As many of you know, I don’t post personal fundraiser stories here at Daily Kos.
Unless the story and the person whose life that story is made up of, really touches me as someone who is fighting even when everything seems to be against them.
I guess I’m a big fan of underdogs.
Which brings me to the story of J Graham, a member here whom comments about all seem to be of the “I don’t know how she carries on” and “what a lovely person” sort of messages.
These are all messages about J Graham from DK members and they all highlight this unwritten motto about Daily Kos:
Sara R:
Beloved community member who has been fighting cancer
ZenTrainer:
I don't know how J Graham stays so positive and kind, but she does. She is going through her cancer experience with such dignity and grace. (I went through mine kicking and screaming!)
TheMarti:
JG is one of those people who has done all the right things and still been knocked around (HARD) by things beyond our control.
Onomastic:
I know what it's like to have your world crash and burn in spite of all your best efforts. No one should have to go through that and yet our own J Graham has and is.
Puddytat:
She can't even apply for disability because of her inability to work for the required 3 years before application. This is our current, busted up, nonfunctional social safety net utterly failing.
Portlaw:
I so admire J Graham… she been buffeted by almost impossible winds, including major health issues. Yet, in her diary about receiving the community quilt she responded: "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle."
She always thinks of others. Let us think of her.
What I think about J Graham (and I’ll be honest, I haven’t known her long, but many of the people here at the DK Community whom I’ve known for yonks, do) is just how damned hard it must have been for her over the last few years to just keep getting up day after day, and hoping that sometime in the not too distant future, there would come a day when the first thought in her mind upon waking was not her cancer or an unpaid bill.
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