The response from people when they found out was awesome. They started donating appliances, furniture and supplies for the house, anything they could. Even the seller, Jerry Forest, made donations.

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We would say we needed something, and it would mysteriously appear. I could not wait to bring her in.

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But I told her the longer she had to wait, the better the house was going to look.

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I loved getting everyone together, putting my heart into it and being able to surprise her.

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