Guys and girls. Once again i'd like to thank all of you who donated or shared our story. I am bolstered having seen the response this community alone gave, it means a lot to know there are still decent and helpful folk around.
The funniest part was my mom and her cousin asking, "what the heck is NES" and there are a lot of "anonymous" donations, I wonder why. I had to explain to them you are all my shooting buddies and we don't typically advertise ourselves on the interwebs. Very funny.
I simply cannot believe that we raised, and with your help, $8,000. After taxes what remains will be extremely helpful over the next few months insuring mom gets the proper care and I can take a few extra breaths a day. I wanted to let you all know, that I did raise the goal amount. Not out of greed, but so as not to dissuade anyone who may have donated/shared from donating/sharing now. I wanted to make sure those of you who have helped thus far know that it wasn't shady. I set that $8k as an arbitrary number thinking we'd get maybe $500, I never expected to reach the $8k.
We do not know the timetable for the divorce settlement. The process began officially in June, and here we sit with very little to show for it except for that which you all helped to create. Because much is still unknown, and for the other reason above, is why I raised the goal amount.
Thank you all again, A very merry christmas to you all. Keep your eyes on the Karma page as I am getting all my odds/ends together and would love for all of you to put your names on the list when it's up!