Furniture gift helps Detroit grandmother
Linda Hutcherson filed for custody of her three grandchildren, ages 16, 8, and 3, after her daughter unexpectedly died last year from meningitis.
THE MEDICAL TEST YOU NEED BUT THAT YOU'RE NOT GETTING. AND THIS GRANDMOTHER CARING FOR HER THREE GRANDCHILDREN GETS AN UNEXPECTED GIFT. Devin: SHE IS FIGHTING FOR CUSTODY OF ALL THOSE CHILDREN AFTER THEIR MOTHER'S SUDDEN DEATH. SHE IS ALSO FIGHTING TO GET BY JUST FINANCIALLY. Ruth: BUT THIS GRANDMOTHER WHO IS GIVING SO VERY MUCH RECENTLY RECEIVED A STUNNING SURPRISE. OUR STEVE GARAGIOLA HAS THIS LOVELY STORY. Steve: WHEN LINDA HUTCHERSON'S DAUGHTER DIED, A VICTIM OF MENINGITIS, SHE FILED FOR CUSTODY OF HER DAUGHTER'S THREE CHILDREN, AGES 16, 8, AND 3. SHE COULD BARELY AFFORD HER ONE-BEDROOM APARTMENT AND TOLD SHE NEEDED A BIGGER PLACE TO BE GRANTED CUSTODY BUT NO FINANCIAL HELP FOR HER. I DIDN'T CARE WHERE I WENT, THERE'S NO GRAY AREA FOR THE PEOPLE LIKE ME FOUND WITH CHILDREN SUDDENLY AND THERE'S NO HELP. Devin: SHE SAVED HER MONEY AND EVENTUALLY FOUND A LARGER PLACE SHE COULD AFFORD BUT TOLD SHE NEEDED BEDS AND APPLIANCES TO PROPERLY CARE FOR THE CHILDREN. SOMETHING LED HER TO ROBINSON FURNITURE IN DETROIT AND DISCOVERED THE KINDNESS. WHEN SOMEBODY COMES TO YOU, YOU KNOW THEY'RE SINCERE AND DOWN AND OUT. THE LITTLE BIT I CAN DO TO HELP MAKES A DIFFERENCE. Devin: HE TOLD HER TO SAVE HER MONEY AND GAVE HER BEDS AND APPLIANCES. FOR LINDA, MAYBE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN KEEPING HER GRANDBABIES OR NOT. THERE ARE NO WORDS FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR ME AND THEY'D GRANDBABIES. THEY'RE EVERYTHING TO ME. I'VE RAISED THESE CHILDREN AND I NEED THEM MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD. Ruth: I TOLD YOU IT WAS A LOVELY STORY.
