Thank you to all the kossacks who linked to Tasha Cooke's GoFundMe page here, and those who contributed to her modest goals. They were more than met. They were exceeded.
I asked belinda ridgewood to include links to her page in the Harvey Check In diaries.
I knew Tasha's great grandma when I was a child. She was an incredible human being, who encouraged me to be all I could be, and helped me in personal ways to break my own chains.
One of my brothers reached out to Tasha after Harvey made landfall.
Over the past few days I posted these bare minimum updates.
She’s 37 with 3 kids and a grand kid. Running out of meds for her 16 year old child w epilepsy and formula for the 10 month old grand baby. House will likely be condemned, ceiling in lr and kitchen gone. Walls bulging from water. Car under water.
B/c the Port Houston Shipping channel where she works was under 6 feet of water when we spoke, she didn't know when she'd be back at work. I encouraged her to set up a GoFundMe page here: https://www.gofundme.com/4cctjxs
Wednesday, She was rescued with her 3 kids and grand baby and taken to the Houston Convention center, from where she and I texted and talked. By then she had already some angels helping her out and texted me that random people were of more help than the officials there.
You can see updates at her page.
Here's what she wrote me last night:
Just to see so many people come together and passed on a generational blessing. That is something that society has lost the meaning of. What a legacy is and how each person is a contribution. And I'm not speaking in the realm of finances. The supportive, encouraging words are what touches me the most.
I see all the values that she ( Etta ) passed on to me are not completely gone in this world and I hold that closest to my heart. Just that alone is one of the greatest lessons of life that she has shared with me and I share with the world and in my moment of need those she touched shared as well. I know that she is flashing the cheeky smile up in heaven. Be blessed my love and never a stranger.
That's who we helped these past days. I cannot thank you enough, everyone who posted her link, shared her link and donated. She is eternally grateful and her great grandma is surely grateful as well.
Thank you all. From the bottom of my and Tasha's hearts.