A Writer in Need

You may have heard of this on various writers' boards and blogs: Lori Hall Steel, a long-time freelance writer, is a 44-year-old single mother battling ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) and chronic Lyme disease while confined to a hospital bed. Her medical expenses are over $50,000 and the mortgage institution holding the paper on her home is ready to foreclose. She needs money now, and every little bit can help. The fastest way to get something there is to go to this blog site set up specifically to help her. She's gotten assistance from a few charities, but it's not enough. If you've got a spare $25 (or more, if you can afford it), it would be a help. We all could end up in a bad way through no fault of our own, and the writers' community is one that has traditionally hung together. If you can't afford to send something (and we've all been in that position), at least send some prayers and/or good thoughts her way.