Dear Editor,

My name is Ginger and I would like to start off by saying “thank you” to whoever reads this and prays for my mom.

Debbie Murphy, my mother, who’s not only my mom but also my best friend, is in need of a lung transplant.

She is okay right now but every day that passes by I have to watch her suffer, gasping for breath, coughing till she can’t breathe and many more major concerns.

We’re talking about my mother, someone who’s never done anything wrong to anyone; she doesn’t deserve to have to go through what she’s going through.

I see many people out there that’s on drugs, or alcoholics and lives like there’s no tomorrow.

However, I wake up every morning rushing to the phone to call my mom to make sure she’s still here.

People, it is very hard to know in your heart that it’s a matter of time before you lose one of the most important persons in your life.

I’m not asking for donations. I’m asking for prayer.

Please, if you can find it in your heart to come together and pray for my mom to get put on the lung transplant list I would greatly appreciate it.

She is and has been one of the best mothers that God put on this earth and I don’t know what I would do if something happened to her.

So for everyone who has it in their hearts and goes to church please think about my mother and pray for her and put her name on as many prayer lists as you can.

For whoever does this I don’t know how to pay you back but with the words “God bless you and thank you so much.”

Ginger Reneé Martin Murphy and Lexy Murphy

Jemison