Community rallies around mother of three-year-old fighting cancer after she received a rude note shaming her for her ‘unkempt house’
- Randa Ragland received a note in the mail stating how her house was an eyesore
- The sender wrote that ‘your eyesore is affecting the resale value of our homes,’ and told her that she needed to ‘do better’
- The mom-of-five had other things on her mind with a child suffering from cancer
- She posted the note online whereupon other residents rallied around her
- Dozens came round at the weekend to complete household chores and mow her lawn while a GoFundMe page has now raised $4,000
Residents living in an Alabama town have rallied around one of their neighbors after she was shamed by a fellow resident because her house appeared to be ‘unkempt’ from the outside.
Randa Ragland, from Pinson, Alabama, had been looking after her three-year-old son who has cancer, and received a rude note from a neighbor who felt that her property was an ‘eyesore’ and that she should ‘do better’.
The mom-of-five received the rude note in the mail which was particularly blunt in its nature.
Randa Ragland received a note in the mail stating how her house was an eyesore
The sender wrote that ‘your eyesore is affecting the resale value of our homes,’ and told her that she needed to ‘do better’
The mom-of-five had other things on her mind with her child, 3, suffering from cancer
‘Your eyesore is affecting the resale value of our homes,’ the note read. ‘Who wants to buy a house near you and look at that daily? It does not take that much effort, all you have to do is give a s***.’
Ragland posted the note on Facebook to show ‘anyone and everyone’ that it is not easy to tell ‘what is going on with the next person.’
Ragland said her ‘family is truly going through rough times right now’ as her son Jaxen was diagnosed with stage-4 Neuroblastoma in October, just before his third birthday.
In her posting, Ragland says her life has been made up of doctors visits, clinic appointments and hospital stays as her son is ‘literally fighting for his life.’
She posted the note online whereupon other residents rallied around her. Over the past weekend, some 30 volunteers came by to help out and tidy up her home and front yard
Dozens came round at the weekend to complete household chores and mow her lawn
The locals spent most of Saturday tidying up their neighbor’s home and front yard
Ragland said in a posting online that complete strangers showed up to help out at her home
‘I say all of this to say. Try being kind to your neighbor or the stranger you let in when there’s traffic. Say hello to people. Just kindness. It’s crazy how things like this can truly change a person. Because just a year ago. I would have]been so angry from this note. But I truly don’t have the energy for that kind of negativity,’ she wrote.
‘Maybe the owner of this note might see this. And maybe not. But either way I feel this might touch someone and that is enough in itself.’
After seeing her posting, dozens of people came together and started a Facebook group called ‘Jaxen’s Army for Justice.’
Ragland originally posted the note on Facebook to show ‘anyone and everyone’ that it is not easy to tell ‘what is going on with the next person.’
A GoFundMe page set up for her and her son, Jaxen, has now raised $4,000
A GoFundMe page has also been set up with community members collecting $4,000 in donations for Jaxen’s care.
30 kind-hearted residents even came round to her home to help out with chores, maintenance with some deciding to mow her lawn.
Every person that showed up to Ragland’s home Saturday afternoon was a complete stranger to her according to CBS 42.
‘I’m in amazement. I’m still in shock,’ Ragland said. ‘I don’t have a large family. My mom is gone, my dad is gone, my brother is gone, so this means a lot.’
‘They started this group for my son,’ Ragland told Yahoo Lifestyle. ‘It is wonderful knowing people do still care, and that not every one is self-absorbed.’
‘It is so awesome that it has happened,’ she says. ‘No one should go through this alone.’