Last night at a premiere party for a movie — The Way, although I saw neither (star) Martin Sheen nor (director) Emilio Estevez and therefore didn't get to pester them with questions about Catholicism or Steve Jobs or whatever — I met a lady who runs a pretty cool charity.
Maybe it's the infectious Holiday spirit, but this lovely human interest story had us in tears. Seriously: if your day needs a little brightening, read on.
When an elderly Nova Scotia couple won a $11.2 million lottery jackpot, they gave it away. Violet Large, 78, was battling cancer at the time. Says husband Allen, 75, "That money that we won was nothing...We have each other."
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Clarisse "Classy" Morant spent her life caring for others, and now that she's died at 104, inspiring the rest of us.
