Christy Sue
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took me under her wing and could see that I was angry and bitter, but I was still a good kid. I didn't get in trouble or anything like that. And she showed interest and she wanted to come to some of my sporting events and was like genuinely invested in me as a person. And now as an adult, understanding that she had three other kids that were around my age.
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So she was juggling all of their activities too. And she still is. you know, made that time for me. It was super precious. And like I said, I didn't really get into trouble, but there was one day before prom, I got pulled out of class by the principal and he gave me an envelope that had nearly $200 in it. And he said, he have a good time at prom. And I begged him,
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to tell me where this $200 came from, and he wouldn't do it. And to this day, I'm still very good friends with this teacher. Her name is Nancy, and she still won't admit that she was behind that $200, but it was.
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Yeah, and, you know, it wasn't just that. It was the seed of compassion that she planted in me. And that has just really changed the trajectory of my life. I could have certainly followed the path of my parents and I didn't. I ended up going to college. I'm in law enforcement now.
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And, you know, what I went through with my parents really helps me be more compassionate to the people that I deal with on a daily basis. And then, you know, her Her compassion touched me in such a way that I wanted to give big. So God placed it on my heart. In 2021, I donated my kidney to a stranger. And in that, I called Nancy.
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My husband and I were kind of keeping it close to our chest because there's a lot of things that can go on with the surgery like that, it getting rescheduled or things like that. But I really felt that I needed to share that with her. And she said, so you're just donating to anybody? And I said, yeah, I didn't know anybody that needs a kidney. So I just was going to donate to whoever.
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And she said, I know someone that needs a kidney, and it's my best friend from seventh grade. And so because I knew before the donation, the National Kidney Registry has a program. They do like paired donations and things like that. So I was able to give her friend who I'd never met a voucher so that she could then get a kidney. So I donated in February of 21.
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Her friend was able to get her kidney in October of 21. And then because that was so rewarding. May of this last year, I actually donated 63% of my liver to a stranger.
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Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. I don't know how you do this every day. I'm so nervous.
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All right. Thank you. So there's a couple layers to this onion. So when I was growing up, my family was plagued with addiction, alcoholism, and mental illness. And my mom left when I was 10 years old. And I was with my dad then. My sister and I were with my dad until I was 13. And at that point, again, there was those layers of addiction, alcoholism, and mental illness. And
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He brought us to stay with our aunt and uncle for what we thought was going to be the summer. And then that ended up being about three years. And then I went and I was in a couple of different homes after that. And so as you can imagine, I was just at the age of 17, I was just bitter and angry. And I had a teacher, I ended up in a home economics class and I had a teacher that just