Grabber Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 Our good friend and fellow Stang member LSR has been gone now for a little over a year. He died on Oct. 28, 2008. Christmas day 12/25 is his birthday. He left behind a wife and kids that are trying to adjust with out having a father, husband, lover and provider. LSR (Lamonte) was a big part of the Mustang community and a few of his friends are sending a Christmas package over to his wife and kids. That package is going to be a nice card that expresses Kindness and Love and a little extra boo$t to Sue and her kids from us. I know that times are tough, but if you wish to join me and many others, I will make sure the card and gift gets delivered to his wife and kids on Christmas...just in time for LSR's birthday. Here is the link to get on board with your gift that I have set up on paypal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_...gif%3aNonHosted Here is a recent update on how his family is doing. This is from his best friend Micky (stangcrazy) 11/20/09 "as you know LSR, Lamonte Morris died Oct 28, 2008 from an illness, Yes he is very deeply missed and has been a tough year, His wife sold their home 2 months ago as you know we helped keep them there through the year with all the donations, they have a nice apartment. Little lamonte is doing much better, no more counsling is making A's B's in school now is much better, Sue is doing well and their daughter is fine too, they seem to have adjusted ok considering all. Sue says to tell everyone Thanks for all you have done for her family and to tell everyone happy holidays as they make it through the seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherri Leicht Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 Very nice thought Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker45 Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 Good post Grabber. Glad to see more people have the opportunity to join in on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaporDude Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 Thanks for posting this Rob. I know his family would appreciate all the help they can get during the holiday season. It is always hard to go through the holidays when a loved one has passed on. I hope this helps take away some of that pain in wondering how they will spend Christmas. Good job Rob....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leafsfreak Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 Done! Nice gesture Grabber. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilmor Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 Merry Christmas to LSR's family! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted December 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2009 You guys are very kind and in the first day have raised $245 dollars. The happieness that this special message will bring to Sue and the kids on Christmas day will be a blessing to them in so many ways. I never met Lamonte in person, but we have talked on the phone many times. I helped him get his clutch and tranny problem resolved and that's how we became friends. When he got laid off, we talked more and that's when I found out that Lamonte was a brother in Christ. He asked me to pray for him and his family. That's when our lines of communication opened up. God works thru His people. He is using us to give Sue a message from the Heavans above. A message of Love and Care. LSR dwells in the house with the Lord and believe me when I say this to you. LSR is smiling about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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6clicks Posted December 3, 2009 Report Share Posted December 3, 2009 ...I found out that Lamonte was a brother in Christ. He asked me to pray for him and his family. That's when our lines of communication opened up. God works thru His people. He is using us to give Sue a message from the Heavans above. A message of Love and Care. LSR dwells in the house with the Lord and believe me when I say this to you. LSR is smiling about this. Grabber, you are a real benefit to the members of this forum and I have a lot of respect for you but I am turned off from using this paypal link to help Lamonte's family by the heavy religious overtones of the last couple of sentences in your post. Some atheists (me), agnostics and non-Christians might not want their gift misinterpreted or viewed by his family as an act of Christian faith. I'd like to think the winter holidays are associated with a tradition of giving help to those around us in need, without appealing to Jesus, Allah, Buddha or any deity. What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrzyHorse Posted December 3, 2009 Report Share Posted December 3, 2009 Grabber, you are a real benefit to the members of this forum and I have a lot of respect for you but I am turned off from using this paypal link to help Lamonte's family by the heavy religious overtones of the last couple of sentences in your post. Some atheists (me), agnostics and non-Christians might not want their gift misinterpreted or viewed by his family as an act of Christian faith. I'd like to think the winter holidays are associated with a tradition of giving help to those around us in need, without appealing to Jesus, Allah, Buddha or any deity. What do you think? Oh dont turn it into that. Do what you can with your belief that you did for a good cause. Some people may do it with the belief that god is behind it. Some people just do it to be good. Some people do it because its the right thing to do. There are a million reasons to help someone. You take your pick and make a decision. God or any other figure should not hinder you from doing good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted December 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Grabber, you are a real benefit to the members of this forum and I have a lot of respect for you but I am turned off from using this paypal link to help Lamonte's family by the heavy religious overtones of the last couple of sentences in your post. Some atheists (me), agnostics and non-Christians might not want their gift misinterpreted or viewed by his family as an act of Christian faith. I'd like to think the winter holidays are associated with a tradition of giving help to those around us in need, without appealing to Jesus, Allah, Buddha or any deity. What do you think? I spoke from a spirit filld heart in my post. It was not my intent to offend you. MERRY CHRISTMAS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevhead20 Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 nothing is ever simple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker45 Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Grabber, you are a real benefit to the members of this forum and I have a lot of respect for you but I am turned off from using this paypal link to help Lamonte's family by the heavy religious overtones of the last couple of sentences in your post. Some atheists (me), agnostics and non-Christians might not want their gift misinterpreted or viewed by his family as an act of Christian faith. I'd like to think the winter holidays are associated with a tradition of giving help to those around us in need, without appealing to Jesus, Allah, Buddha or any deity. What do you think? So because of your beliefs, you are giving Grabber a bad time for his beliefs and Lamonte's beliefs that they shared together? Wow, gotta love the hypocrisy there! Either you want to help out or you don't. It's pretty simple now isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
08 snake Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Grabber, you are a real benefit to the members of this forum and I have a lot of respect for you but I am turned off from using this paypal link to help Lamonte's family by the heavy religious overtones of the last couple of sentences in your post. Some atheists (me), agnostics and non-Christians might not want their gift misinterpreted or viewed by his family as an act of Christian faith. I'd like to think the winter holidays are associated with a tradition of giving help to those around us in need, without appealing to Jesus, Allah, Buddha or any deity. What do you think? WRONG PLACE- WRONG TIME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaporDude Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Moving on now....do you have a new total Rob? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted December 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 Moving on now....do you have a new total Rob? This site has raised $270 bucks so far. :happy feet: In memory of LSR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevhead20 Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 :happy feet: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted December 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 Here's a pic of LSR's wife Sue in front of his GT500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted December 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 Bump for a GOOD cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted December 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Today a couple more donations rolled in. We sure have some good people here....THAT'S FORSURE. One of the donations was from a member that contributed 2 weeks ago....and today he added another donation. Wow - what a guy. We have a total of 5 donations from this site and 17 donations from some of LSR's friends on another site. That's 21 donations so far. We are now up to a grand total of $924.52 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted December 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 One more week....and I'm sending our gift to LSR's family. The goal is $1000.00 We are almost there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRT 0403 Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 One more week....and I'm sending our gift to LSR's family. The goal is $1000.00 We are almost there. Hey Grabber, Have we made $1000 yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherri Leicht Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 if not, how short are we? also, do you know where we could get another LSR decal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRT 0403 Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 if not, how short are we? Let's hear the number Grabber, I'm sure we have some folks that will make sure we get to $1000. I found some extra change under the seat when I was cleaing out my car.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted December 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 We recieved one more donation. It came in today. The tally is now $967. I just wrote a check to Sue for $1000. I'm putting my thoughts on a card together this evening and putting the check in the mail from us all in the morning. I want Sue to have it buy 12/21/09 so they can have an extra special Christmas form all of LSR's buds. I will show you when I'm done. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted December 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 OK, I finished the card. I want to thank the 22 members who made this act of kindness possible. You guys are good people. This is what Christmas is all about. The card and check will be in the mail Thursday morning 12/17/09. Delivery should be Monday 12/21/09. Just in time for Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted December 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 My wife Tana took the letter and check to the Post Office today and made sure it was sent out. It felt good to get this done. Today one of our TS members made a contribution even knowing that the card has been sent. I plan on sending another little card for new years 2010, so if anyone else wants to get in on that card.....this thread will still be open for a couple more weeks to chip in. I had not planned on doing that...but this late contribution makes it possible. Thanks you all so much. It just goes to show you what kind of people are in this hobby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted December 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 I just got word from Mickey (Stangcrazy) that The $1000 check that we sent to Sue made their holiday alot better than what it would of been. It was a tough day on Christmas because that is LSR's birthday too. LSR has 2 kids. One is 15 and his name is Lamonte and the other is 21 and her name is Brittney. Brittney is in College. Sue says thank you all very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted June 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 Yesterday I received a very nice thank you card from LSR’s wife Sue Morris. The $1000.00 you guys all raised on SM and TS to make their Christmas better was very much appreciated. I can’t post this on SM because I’m banned from that site, so if any of you are members their, please let them know that their kindness blessed Sue and her kids. In Memory of LSR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherri Leicht Posted June 22, 2010 Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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