Roger & Joan — Utah
“We only had enough long-term illness disability benefits to last around two months, so Roger simply could not afford to stop working. He was pushing and pushing himself, working through the chemo treatments and trying to maintain his normal routine but the exhaustion was terrible. Thanks to all of you at Fifth Season, my husband is now officially retired and we can afford to take life one day at a time without being stressed out about money. Now we’re taking spontaneous weekend trips. So Fifth Season not only gave us our freedom from financial stress, you also made it possible for us to live life to the fullest—on a spur of the moment basis.
“Fifty percent of healing is maintaining a positive attitude, but before we received financial help from Fifth Season, my husband was trying his best to stay upbeat even when the treatments and medications were working around the clock to keep his spirits—and his physical energy—down. Just when the depression was really setting in, we came across your ad and that changed everything almost overnight. We instantly felt that we had made the right decision, and you have never once given us a reason to think otherwise.
“Companies and corporations can be so impersonal sometimes, especially when they deal with money issues. But all of you at Fifth Season made us feel so comfortable and cared for that we felt we were dealing with old friends who sincerely had our best interests at heart. You made us feel like family instead of clients, and we actually look forward to talking to the friends we feel we’ve made at Fifth Season. In fact, we just may drive to Dallas so we can thank all of you face to face!
“We’ve already recommended Fifth Season to a number of friends and acquaintances who are finding themselves in our situation, and we’ve assured them that we’re living proof of what Fifth Season stands for. We’re living life to the fullest each day and we’re not spending our nights worrying about where the money is going to come from for everything from medical treatments to household bills. We’ve told a number of people that there’s just no sense in going through this cancer ordeal alone when the help and support you need is only a phone call away.
“I’ve got one life to live and now I’m living it completely, without worrying about how much everything costs. So the way we see it, Fifth Season is much more than just a business, it’s a SERVICE that provides people in our situation a quality of life that we would have lost long before now without your support. You can make living with cancer what you want it to be and Fifth Season made it possible for us to make this challenging time of life far better than we could ever have imagined it could be.
“Ironically, we went from worrying about having no ongoing income to being better off financially than we’ve ever been. And if anyone thinks that doesn’t help the healing process consider this: Before Fifth Season came along we were headed for full out Depression—and now we’re headed for Disneyland! And after that, we’re going on down to San Diego to visit Sea World and get with friends we haven’t seen in too long. We’re making the most out of every minute we have together now.
“All of you good people at Fifth Season are part of my ‘plan’ now, because I feel like you’re our extended family instead of a financial company—and my plan is to make every moment count, to fill my life with hope instead of despair. We don’t say things we don’t mean and we mean it when we say that all of you at Fifth Season have a special place in our heart, because at the time when we needed financial help and good old-fashioned HOPE the most, you were there. That’s why we just love you guys—seriously.
“You guys at Fifth Season gave me back the one thing this disease took away from me almost overnight—personal choice. So now I can say, ‘Sure I have cancer, but cancer doesn’t have me defeated!’ It lets you keep your dignity and your feeling of independence, and that just naturally leads to a more positive outlook. You can’t fight cancer when you’re down—you can only fight it when you’re upbeat. And that’s what you gave me and my family—peace of mind.
“I’ve only got one life, and thanks to all of you at Fifth Season I can afford to live it for all its worth, even with cancer. If that’s not an answer to a prayer, what is?”
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