Twilight Wish Foundation

Reverend Jessie D. Thurman presented with the Mary Kathleen Forkin Award from Twilight Wish Foundation for his spirit and integrity

Last October Twilight Wish chose one of our first ever annual awards to be given to an incredible senior at our NIght of 111 Stars annual dinner/dance/award ceremony. This senior was not well enough to travel to Bucks County, PA from Eden, NC...so his family decided to wait to tell him until just the right moment when they could present it to him.

Well, the moment finally arrived.

I received an email from Eunice R. today telling me that her father was presented with the award on February 18, 2007 (formally Wish #754 now.) Twilight Wish chose Rev. Jessie D. Thurman, 86, to receive this award because of his goodness and kindness and integrity to everyone. He is not a rich man, but, he always gave to everyone and he is fair and just.

A story Eunice wrote resonates with me always. One Christmas Eve her father walked three miles back to his work to tell them he had been given an extra $20 in his Christmas bonus. His work had failed to tell him him they gave him two $20 bills that year. Eunice put a wish in for her father over a year ago and told us she did not know what to ask for him because he never asks for anything for himself. Eunice and I went through many ideas and ended up deciding he should recieve Twilight Wish' first ever award for Spirit and Integrity demonstrated by a senior...the Kathleen Mary Forkin Award...a beautiful wooden framed tile designed for Twilight Wish by famous Bucks County tile artist, Khara Flint. The inscription said it all.

Eunice wrote that her father's church played "When You Wish Upon a Star" right before the presentation of the award in Eden, North Carolina. Her father "was speechless and had a million dollar smile on his face and that was worth a million dollars to me."

Eunice also wrote that "there are thousands of deserving senior citizens out there and I pray that Twilight Wish Foundation will reap abundantly in donations so that many senior citizens can have a wish come true. God bless."

I believe Eunice is right and from her mouth to God's ears! Thank you for reading this story and have a great day:) - Cass

posted by Twilight Godfather @ 6:33 PM