So… A little less than a year ago I got an email from a beautiful chick. She was congratulating me on being picked to ride the Donate Life Float in the Rose Parade, and telling me about her beautiful, new heart which she’d had for just over a year… And telling me to be on the look-out for 14 roses on the float that would be dedicated to her donor, Chloe…
Little did I know that, over the next year, she would tell me a little of her story for me to post here at Revive Hope in the form of a letter to her donor, Chloe – that had me crying as I posted it… That I personally would have the honor of placing her 14 roses in the Family Circle Garden on the float at the Rose Parade… That she would join my team and leap tall buildings with me, and climb the Hancock with me and Kari’s friends and so many more people… That we would both be in a video titled “I heart organ donors” for donor awareness month… And that she would join me and Jenn and Ted contributing to Revive Hope.
I can’t believe that I’ve known her for less than a year. It was September 3rd, last year that she sent me that email. She said she wanted to get involved in the cause of organ donation, and asked me for advice on how she might give back… It’s kinda neat when very special people walk into your life, and it feels like they’ve been there for years and years even when they’ve only been there for months…
A few months ago, Melissa celebrated her second year with Chloe’s beautiful heart. She’s touched a lot of lives, and influenced a lot of people over the past year. And like he did for me, Scott over at “I am. Are you?” saw the beauty in Melissa and Chloe’s story and he has again done something to let everyone else in the world see that beauty...
So please, grab a tissue, and check out Melissa’s letter to Chloe in the video Scott helped create, titled:
Open-Hearted – A Heart Recipient’s Letter to Her Organ Donor
To view a larger, clearer version – click on the video title above.
