New
Years Eve 2009! How exciting! What are our options? We can bring out
the champagne, party hats, streamers, noise makers and fancy clothes in

order to bring in the New Year in a grand and celebratory way or there
is another option, we can make a difference in the life of someone who
will be bringing in the New Year anxiously because she has been told
that she may not live through the month of January, let alone the New
Year of 2009. This is a true story about a woman named Jo who has
cancer.

Jo Mosely has become known to many of us through Twitter which for
those of you who are unfamiliar, Twitter is a social networking and
micro-blogging system. Jo’s dear friend Susan Austin took the following
pictures of Jo over the Christmas holiday and their friend Sarah Larson
shared them on her site with the following words, “Doctors have told Jo
that her cancer is untreatable. Most days she is pretty upbeat but
there are sad moments too. As she fights to prove the doctors wrong,
she has one simple wish: Send her a Christmas Card. How hard can that
be? Last year, she only got three cards but this year she told me that
she was starting to receive more cards. (From people just like you)
They are giving her hope and a desire to fight even harder to live.

Karen Jo Moseley
802 Troy Rd. APT #105
Albert Lea, MN 56007

None
of us wants to think this might be her last Christmas, and holidays
have been difficult for more than just this in her long fight against
this disease. If you can spare the time, the cards are a human
connection for which she is deeply grateful. She says she realizes no
one knows if she’ll be here tomorrow but due to her illness there may
very well be fewer days than she’d like. Her health problems tend to
make her more isolated than she would like to be, and she can’t get out
very much, which leads to loneliness. Who knows how YOU could be touched by sending her a card?

There is also a FaceBook group for sending cards to Jo, but you don’t need to join, you can just send a card to the address above.”

“I’d LOVE to hear from you! One can always HOPE!”  -Love, Jo

This is a picture of Jo with her
kitty Boo, looking out at the white world outside of Susan’s house on
Thanksgiving. Jo was probably wondering about what 2009 holds for her.

So now, back to New Years and our New Year’s Resolutions! Let’s all
make a difference for Jo today. As we celebrate this special time of
the year, let’s celebrate by reaching into our hearts and pockets for
Jo. This woman needs each and every one of us now. This cannot be put
off until later because Jo’s “later” may not be on the same timetable
as ours! Illness is frightening for any patient and frightening for the
family and friends of the patient. When you add a major financial
burden to the sadness and fear, it can be unbearable. Jo is behind on
bills and short on food. PLEASE, let’s help Jo have less stress about
her finances and that will help her ability to have faith that there
are people who care about her and that will help to give her the
strength necessary to work on getting well.

Here are your choices for this New
Year’s. You decide which is really more important to you. We already
know what is important to Jo. Which will ultimately make you happier
and feel better about yourself? The decision is yours!

This is the day. This is the year. This is the time that YOU can make a difference. No donation is too big or too small to help this courageous woman fight for her life!

May 2009 find each one of you happy and healthy!Your resolution might offer Jo a solution! http://snurl.com/9bcx6