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When my mother was very sick in the hospital we had a lot of family planning to come to town (because it was apparent that we were near the end). Well my dad had been going between home, the hosptial, and work for about two weeks and the house was really starting to look bad on the inside. He just didn't have time to clean up at all.
I went to the first 5 minutes of chapter that week and told everyone the condition of my mother and what was happening. I asked if I could get three or four volunteers to help clean my dad's house with me. It wouldn't take that long and it wasn't like gross dirty, there were just piled up dishes, etc...not like dust globs everywhere...
Well I headed back to the hospital and then back to my apartment to try to get some sleep. Before I went to bed I checked my e-mail and had 15 or 20 e-mails from my sisters asking to help clean the house.
That Thursday 36 sisters showed up and the house was cleaned in 12 minutes flat. Literally. Right down to having the toilets scrubbed. It was amazing.
A few short weeks later, over Spring Break, my mother passed away. 12 sisters came home from their spring break adventures early to attened her funeral. After all, she was their sister too.
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There are friends who pass like ships in the night, who meet for a moment, then sail out of sight, with never a backward glance of regret...Friends we meet briefly then quickly forget.
Then there are friends who sail together, through quiet waters and stormy weather. Helping each other through joy and through strife. And those are the kind who give meaning to life.
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