The delightful story of the "The 9-Nanas"
I stumbled across a beautiful and touching story the other day which I wanted to share — it’s about nine women, all now aged over 50 (known as “The 9 nanas”) from West Tennessee who have spent more than 30 years secretly helping those less fortunate and when their husbands final found out their secret, they too came on board to help: . . . They’d eavesdrop -- all with good intentions, of course -- at the local beauty shop or when they were picking up groceries. And when they heard about a widow or a single mom who needed a little help, they’d step in and anonymously pay a utility bill or buy some new clothes for the children. “We wanted to help as much as we could,” Mary Ellen said, “without taking away from our own families, so we became coupon clippers. And we’d use green stamps. Remember those? We’d use green stamps and we’d make sure to go to Goldsmith’s department store on Wednesdays. Every week they’d have a big sale and you could spend $100 and walk away ...