Carmita and her three children were our second Elf family. Here are her own words
OMG –it felt like a big hug
OMG! When I came home that day, all I could do was open my door and right off the top I felt peace and I have not EVER felt like that. I just sat on my new couch and it felt like a hug.
I still feel the love
How deep this feels is like nothing that I have experienced before. I still feel the love in my apartment. I mean, it leaves me in awe. I sat down at my desk and ALL the stuff I needed was here. I wrote you guys a letter to say how thankful I was and to document this crazy event. That’s when this little magnet that the elves put up caught my attention, it is a poem called Imagine a Woman. I read it and I KNEW it was MY message. The message in that poem – well- I have never seen a message like that. I cannot read it enough. I felt like these people who came into my home KNEW ME. Every little detail has been thought of and it is like being on some fancy design show or living in a hotel.
This moment is a blessing
I sat on that couch in the love and peace and just pondered on how much life had changed for me. How this moment was such a blessing and how hard this life of mine has been. I felt like my test scores came back and it said “I passed”. I just sat there and let the tears roll out and let the world fade away for one hot minute.
We were living out of my car, then in a homeless shelter
I grew up in a lot group homes and had a lot of pretty awful stuff happen to me. These last few months had tested every last one of my nerves. I was on the street and eight months pregnant, two little2 kids and was living out of my car. I went to an interview to get into the local shelter and I dressed my kids up and went in to see the director. They do not take everyone at the shelter and I got a chance. Before I got help with this apartment, every day I was in homeless shelter fearing that I was going to be sent away -because that is how it works. If you step out of line or piss the owner off she will send you packing.
We spent the first night in a room that smelled like urine and it was awful. No air conditioning and it was a HOT summer and I felt sick. I started going into labor that night. Not normal labor but sick labor. Something was not right so I let the kids sleep as long as I could and in the morning I sent them with a friend and went to the hospital. I immediately went into an emergency C section and then to my horror that my baby was in deep trauma–baby Christian was in a coma for 2 weeks.
I had hit the bottom of this world
Still homeless with a newborn we then went to a different shelter and that place was filled with roaches. I had hit the bottom of this entire world. Then things started working in my favor, I found some people that could help me find an apartment and a landlord who would take a chance on me because my credit is awful. I was so thankful to even get a place to live. But even this place also had its issues. The biggest one the elves totally fixed was the urine smell in my kid’s room. I would not even let them sleep in there. We were all sleeping in my room. Thank you elves! I feel like my hope has been restored. I always have to worry about something and look for something, but not right now. I have everything. I have clarity and not my battery is not on low.
I have NEVER had a whole home
The last time I had a HOME with everything – I mean everything I need – I have NEVER had a whole home. With rugs on the floor, paper in the cupboards, silverware, pots, pans, and you can keep going down the list- NEVER. Right now I even have everything I need to make cupcakes WITH sprinkles or maybe you would like me to cook you up a ham dinner. It is crazy round here…
This is one of those big God talks
Most people never have a good thing like this happen to them. I would never have imagined this life and where I am right now six months ago. I could not see this life at all. This is one of those big God talks, where you just have to listen and enjoy it.
I love the decorations, that everything is matching, and the set up and I feel like I walked into a hotel suite. Everything was in order and I keep finding gifts here and there. The laundry was amazing! I have never had all my clothes clean at one time PLUS all my sheets and all my towels. The kitchen was so impressive even my food looked pretty. The little simple stuff was what impressed me the most. The hallway closet was totally organized, I have been longing for this. Carmita
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