To Anyone that may be able to help:

We are 3 senior citizens (myself/85, my daughter/60 and my son-in-law/65) who have watched the recent tragedies in horror. We don’t want to take your time up by dwelling on our reasons for asking the following but we’re sure you’ll want to know why before anyone even considers trying to find a family that would want our home…I will try to make this short and will answer any/all questions you may have:

If you feel the desire to stop reading at this point, PLEASE go to salebyowner.com and type in Listing ID # 7010...This ad should tell you how nice a place this is and how wonderful it could be for the right family. This 1st site gives the most information but there are two other websites given that will each show more pictures of the place:

http://goodgravy73.tripod.com/ourhome4sale
&
http://jalynnsmom.tripod.com/ourhome4sale2

We desire absolutely NO publicity with all this…at the most perhaps the privilege to meet the family!
But they do not need to know how it all came about.
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A: This couple married in 1973, knowing full well that life would never be full of luxuries
but they were/are in love and they believed they could give their children from their 1st marriages all that was truly needed. They had one child together (totaling 8) and have done a wonderful job considering the odds against 2nd marriages and all the problems that can come with so many children.

B: In 1984 Bill (my son-in-law) became disabled equaling even more financial problems yet they got through them the best they could. Bill has had somewhere between 12 & 14 back surgeries and continues to be in constant pain. This isn’t something he complains about, he’s not a talker but if one can’t see the pain in how he moves you certainly should by what’s in his eyes.

C: In 1996 my daughter had bone marrow biopsies. While waiting for the results (which turn out negative) this couple didn’t know if they’d have 30 days or 30 years left together. Their children were all grown, they were lucky enough to have health insurance and they had always dreamt of the day they could be “us”. So they decided to leave the city and go to their dream on the lake to live in their travel trailer.

D: In 1998 they took me in and as a result had to buy a mobile bigger than they ever wanted. This resulted in a $40,000 mortgage.

E: In 2002 we had a house fire - were more than blessed in that no one was hurt and our losses were minimal - but with what the insurance company did and/or didn’t do, using their contractors we have ended up with over 2,200 square feet of stick built home that we don’t need and an $80,000 mortgage that is getting more and more difficult to handle on our fixed incomes.

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IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD/COULD FIND A DESERVING FAMILY FROM ALL THE RECENT TRAGEDIES THAT WOULD WANT TO LIVE HERE? YES, WE’D NEED THE MORTGAGE PAID AND AN ADDITIONAL 60-80 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR US TO GET WHAT WE’D NEED TO MOVE CLOSER TO THEIR CHILDREN AND MY SON-IN-LAWS DOCTORS. IF MY DAUGHTER KNEW WE COULD AFFORD IT, I know we’d be giving it all away and it breaks her heart that we want so desperately to move from here, haven‘t had any luck selling (seems like very little is selling in these times) and that there are SO MANY HOMELESS FAMILIES AFTER KATRINA & RITA.

Hoping to help in some way
And thanking you for your time,

Faye A Hawkins
Bill & Rusty Denby

PO Box 654
Gladwin MI 48624 0654

989 246 0796
Email goodgravy73@sbcglobal.net

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If you had a celebrity auction for the home, anything over what is mentioned above could go to the family for relocating or even to other families.

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