I am sorry for your loss my brother, Peace and Godspeed to her and to you.

I am so sorry for your loss Santa. My sincerest condolences.

Nothing any of us can say will comfort you at this time; grieve and we will grieve with you.

I cannot believe how hard this is hitting me. I go from anger to sad to weeping. Even crossed my mind to drive into a tree. I had to notify her friends from when she taught and if I could get through it the tears on the other phone tore me up. Man, I can't imagine what loosing a child must be like.

I have made burial arrangementd, I can't cremate her, I just can't. I hatebto ask this but I am asking for donations to the cost because I am btoke and her retirement was our only income. Actually I am happy about that since loosing my last job I got to spend all my time with her nd she had been sick for some time but oddly she died from an infection not her heart. Her last words to me were 'i think I am dying' then she called for her late mother and went out unttil she was gone. I didn't have to pull the plug, that alone would have killed me. Her funeral is the cheapest coffin and no service or anything. I will see her tomorrow then next week she goes to the vet cemetary in Fernley, Nevada where I and perhaps her sister will be at her burial.

If you can help, and I am not sure how to work this, I appreciate it if not I appreciate your thoughts. I miss her so much. I see or hear something and want to tell her about it and she isn't here. I decided I need a doctors help tomorrow I can't do this.

P.Med you Santa.

-Mary

I don't have one but I will pm you. I thought everyone knew but my real name is Steve.

Nothing much more that I can say but Sad news.

Hang in there though and know you have many friends here.

Steve, do you have a Paypal account?

Steve, PM'd you. Please read.

Email me at policemagician@yahoo.com with the address where to send a check for you. I will try to do as much as I can for you. Glenn

Let's get this organized so we don't spend 3 days looking around for someone to step up. I'm in Kuwait so I'm not a good candidate but I do have funds I can send. How much do we need? Is anyone in the nearby area? I don't think Steve has Paypal. Glenn, if no one steps up soon can I send you the funds via Paypal and you send Steve a check? Let's make this happen.

If someone has the creative know how, they might consider creating a project on behalf at MagicSanta at Indiegogo in order to recruit some support from outside of just the Café.

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects?filter_category=Community

I sent an email to Steve about a half hour ago volunteering either to 1)PM folks with his email address to send Paypal funds or 2) send donations to my Paypal account, and then I would send the money onto Steve. I'll let you know what he replies as soon as I hear from him.

Thanks, landmark. I'm sure that all of his friends will do whatever we can to help.

Steve has now set up a Paypal account. Please PM me and I'll send you his Paypal address.

I believe if you send it as living allowance he won't have to pay a fee to collect it.

Not sure how to do this. Could you (or someone else) explain?

If you are sending from your bank account and choose Living Allowance(which I think is under the personal tab) there will not be a fee attached as if you were doing a purchase from Steve and not sending funds. I send money each month to my Dad in the states this way and never have to pay the fee. If you use a credit card then there really isn't a way around the fee.

Steve will need to transfer (Withdraw) the funds into his bank account which can take up to 3 days. So once you receive notice of money being sent make sure you transfer it right away to your bank.

When you go to Paypal's Send Money, click on the Personal tab, and then there are some options. I believe sending it as a gift or living allowance waives the fees, but I'm not 100% sure.

Thanks for the tips, but the tabs are all in German. I'll have to figure this out on my own.