News We Love: Pittsburgh cookie community comes together to fulfill Yinzer맥스카지노s final Christmas wish
맥스카지노If only I could have one more bite of kolache, I could die a happy man'
맥스카지노If only I could have one more bite of kolache, I could die a happy man'
맥스카지노If only I could have one more bite of kolache, I could die a happy man'
An 80-year-old man who called the Pittsburgh area home for much of his life is now nearing the end of a three-year cancer diagnosis. His final request? A nut roll from Pittsburgh.
See the heartwarming story in the video above
Jim Hazlett lives in Alabama, where his daughter Jill Benefield and her family are caring for Jim in his final days.
Benefield said she expected to say goodbye to her dad days ago.
맥스카지노We got a call a week ago that he was probably not going to make it through the weekend, and so we flew his great-granddaughter down there. She's 3 years old, and 맥스카지노 I kid you not 맥스카지노 within about two hours of her being there, the doctor said they couldn't understand what happened. It was just a remarkable improvement,맥스카지노 Benefield said.
Jim맥스카지노s doctors said he might even live to see 2025.
Benefield said she맥스카지노s amazed that he맥스카지노s still here, and he still has an appetite for his nostalgic favorites.
맥스카지노He cried like a baby last night and said, 맥스카지노If only I could have one more bite of kolache, I could die a happy man,맥스카지노맥스카지노 Benefield said.
Kolache, Jim맥스카지노s favorite dessert, is what many call nut roll. Jill went straight to the experts, "," a Facebook group of more than 338,000 people who celebrate the cookie table tradition.
Laura Magone, in Monongahela, Washington County, got Jill맥스카지노s request late Thursday night.
맥스카지노I thought, 맥스카지노This is really special.' This really tugs at your heart that someone has her dad in his final days. His last wish is to have a nut roll, and she's come to us to ask,맥스카지노 Magone said.
Not knowing how much time Jim has left, the people of this online community went to work.
맥스카지노So, it started off with several people offering to send one nut roll, but our group tends to go overboard,맥스카지노 Magone said.
Everything Jim맥스카지노s family needs to set up and decorate the cookie table of the year is in the mail. The cookies and nut rolls are being overnighted.
맥스카지노All I told him was he had a kolache coming, and he said, 맥스카지노Is it from Pittsburgh?맥스카지노 And that was his concern,맥스카지노 Benefield said.
The kindness of Pittsburghers and cookie lovers across the country is bringing out a side of Jim in his final days that his daughter thought was in the past.
맥스카지노I saw my dad go from a dying, scared, sad, but grateful man, to, to me, what looked like a 7-year-old kid waiting on Santa Claus.맥스카지노
A taste of his childhood and the life he had in Pittsburgh 맥스카지노 Jim맥스카지노s final Christmas gift.
맥스카지노He said, 맥스카지노Please tell these bakers that they are doing for me what my mom can't be here to do herself,맥스카지노맥스카지노 Benefield said.
Benefield said she맥스카지노s exchanged messages with people who are sending cookies and nut rolls and one mother in particular who she wants people to say a prayer for.
맥스카지노There's a woman that said she's going to send cookies to my dad in her son Jimmy's honor, and her son Jimmy is serving overseas,맥스카지노 Benefield said.
Benefield said her dad was fortunate to reconnect with a close friend from his past and find love late in his life. Sadly, she said the woman is in poor health as well and can맥스카지노t visit Jim in Alabama.
맥스카지노Karen's also sick with leukemia, and as a result, she's not able to travel or be around people in large groups at all. So what that means to me is Karen is also going to be home all alone on Christmas,맥스카지노 Benefield said. 맥스카지노If there's anybody out there that can take just a spare, a few moments, just to maybe drop by and leave her a card and maybe just a paper plate of just a nice home-cooked Christmas meal. My dad 맥스카지노 I think that would be the greatest gift anyone could give him.맥스카지노
Benefield asked that if anyone is interested in reaching out to Karen, that they contact her.