November 14, 2005

The B'MORE Fund
Baltimore Community Foundation
2 East Read Street
Baltimore, MD 21202

Dear B'MORE Fund Members:

The party's over and the carriage and horses have turned back into pumpkins and mice. The B'MORE members surprised me with the glass slipper and turned me into "Cinderella." Now I am back in my jeans doing homework with 35 children, but the recognition and celebration will be with me forever.

Your "Circle of Giving" is what people like myself and all the recipients represent. Our lives made an abrupt change sometime in our past that made us givers. Our past flowed into the present without a thought of change and thus not a future. We don't consider advancement, because we find a need to be where we are. That doesn't mean that occasionally our hearts don't feel a tinge of failure. Especially as we grow older and we realize our options are becoming limited and that elusive career has long since faded away.

The B'MORE Fund members have validated my choice in life and I wish to convey to them that I am eternally grateful to have been a recipient of their award and hope in the future to be a part of their circle. It has given me a moment in time to stop mylife and realize it has been a rewarding one. I know your group will never fully understand how important just having you in my life has been.

I am but a total of the many people I have met
but you all will be the ones I prefer never to forget.
Your organization will have a part in all the future things I do
and every year when autumn comes I will realize anew,
that the biggest gift life can bring is meeting people like you!

Sincerely,

Agnes Molloy
Medfield School Age Child Care

Agnes' original letter (PDF).