Cocoa Beach, Florida
I have been donating to whatever city blood drive or bank since before I was 16. Use to be every 8 weeks but now it’s ok every 6. Anyway my niece that at the time was a year older than me and lost her dad (my half brother) and her hand and a little bit of her arm when I was 9, and I held her in my arms all night. It made me think about life and how fast it runs away. A drunk driver no less took her arm and my bro. God is good and that is all the time.
I have seen lots of good people die and too many younger than me at the time, but if my blood saves one person’s loved one, then it makes all the trips to the blood donation places and buses worth it. Maybe I have to live for now so your loved one will live, so can you give me a hand and drop by the bus or the center at least once a year? I always get a great feeling when I’m emailed that my blood is on its way to another perfect match.
