Dear Tony (Sweet T.) and Santa and Elves... (PICS)
 

Tony, your kindness and caring is beyond expression. Though I wrote you personally, I wanted to share and express to the community my appreciation for you. As mentioned, my daughter asked me if I still believe in Santa... I told her that I believe in anyone who expresses any kind of goodness and kindness. She said she wants to believe.

When she saw the mound of presents she was speechless (a first). I told her my friend at work (you) knows Santa well and that you thought she might appreciate a special Christmas (Hanukahmas) this year so you shipped her presents from Santa. (Since you are 'Santa' and you know yourself well, I told the truth, albeit a colorful one.)

She experienced first hand the goodness and kindness by someone who had never met her and that I know has made a lasting impression on my daughter who is a very old soul. She got one more year of believing in Santa because of you. I know she will forever believe that there are people out there who care, like you. I pray she will forget this year's memories of hardship, but I know for certain she will never forget this holiday. Nor will I. My deepest gratitude, Lori xo

And this is her thank you to you...

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And she wrote a thank you to 'your Elves' too... ;)

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xo

That's awesome. Nice one, Tony. :)

Lori,

I'm glad Sweet T and a few others were able to make this Xmas a special one for you and your daughter, I myself couldn't imagine having to explain to my son the reasons why I have no money.

While we have never met in person, you have on occasion helped me out with advice and even a friendly point in the right direction. Tho those opportunities never worked out for me, they did lead to other things. You did what you could and I thank you for that.

As I get older I am becoming a true believer in Karma and the pay it forward way of thinking... while I myself am in no position to help you at this time, perhaps one of those simple emails you sent me, or meetings you set up for me made its way back around to pay you back.

Keep your head high, with all the scams and dirty players in our biz, there are enough honest, hard working people around to make it worth while, Trust in those who trust in you and you will always come out ahead.

May 2010 be the best year yet for you and your daughter.

That is really nice! :)

very nice of Tony :thumbsup

Tony, will you adopt me?

yo what did she get..lol

its more exciting to know what kids are getting then for me to get a gift these days

If you read her thank you letter, you would know :upsidedow

listen you know i cant read

lol jk

i read it...very cool

nice gesture tony :) i bet it brought him some christmas cheer

yes I know :1orglaugh

this thread gives me the warm fuzzies :thumbsup

Sorry to hear about your troubles Lori. Although we haven't always seen eye to eye on things. I have to say the way you came out with your situation, and the way you handled it all took balls. I respect that.

One thing I've learned in life is troubles come troubles go. As T said in your original thread. Keep your head up focus on what's important and everything else will fall into place. No truer words have I ever heard.

T once again brother you seem to amaze with your generosity. Just when you look for something to dislike about you. You go ahead and do something as kind, and unselfish like provide happiness for some one else in times of need. Happy to be a client, proud to be a friend!

Good work Tony

Aww that's really sweet of Tony. Glad to see you had a lovely Chritmas :) xx

SweetT reminds me of when this biz was full of nice people.

People took care of each other, nice to see it still going with a few in 2009 .

Well that was nice of him.

Very nice. I know who my next project will be hosted with : )

Merry Christmas.

Sweet T is cooler than Santa:thumbsup

Glad it worked out gal, kids are resilient, and like her name, I have a feeling she has a lot of faith in you as well.


p.s. love your Hanukkah bush:winkwink:

Those elves rock...

+1 for Tony for helping a 9 year old having a smile on her face during Xmas.

Kudos to Tony, you showed real class.

Talk about the meaning of Christmas.

I wanna be Tony when I grow up.

Tony is a good man:thumbsup

Mr. Romance

Tony is an amazing guy :)
A couple years back he donated a couple grand to a charity i do alot of work with

Pretty awesome what Tony did! Makes me have faith in humans hehe

Gestures like this restores some faith that humanity has hope!

Lori, I'm so happy your daughter wakes, eats and breathes knowing she is blessed! What better Hanukahmas gift can we ask for?

Keep your chin up - there's only one way left to go and that is back up :) Happy Holidays!

SweetT, Bless you and yours for gifting this child with way more than material things!

very nice:)

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Tony truly never fails to impress. And I suspect 90% of the good he does is never made public.

For those of you who think being successful means you've reached the part in your life when you can crap on those who aren't as successful, Tony is an example of how to treat EVERYONE, not just those you consider your "equals". From the girl taking his coat, to the guy driving him around to the CEO, Tony is gracious and generous to everyone. I've met a lot of T's family and can tell you he was raised right - but not everyone learns the lessons as well as he has.

And Lori, you did a good job to show your daughter great appreciation and my Southern Mother would be impressed she wrote "Thank you" notes :)

Hey Lori...

Sorry I am just now getting to read this thread and the email that you sent...you will understand why as you read this post, but if anyone doesn't believe in "Karma" or "Pay it Forward" or whatever you want to call it then this should open your eyes.

Literally, as my girlfriend was wrapping those presents and dropping them at Fedex I got a call from an old friend that I have not seen for almost a year because we have both been super busy...he invited me to join him on a 120' Private Yacht, all expense paid cruise around the Bahamas to celebrate New Year's. This charter is more than $100,000 for the week and I am not having to pitch in a cent. This trip is EXACTLY what I needed after a long year of building our new data center....I have not seen a single DJ, no VIP hosts, no bottle service, just crystal clear blue waters and sporadic internet service at best. It has been a GREAT trip for me. I firmly believe that this is a direct result of me helping another human when given the chance.

I hope that Faith had a terrific Christmas and I hope that 2010 is your best year ever!!


--T

Thank you lady - as per my post in other thread - I thank you for your reflection of generosity as well. And Jacque, Shemp, Charlie - each of you, as Tony, have shown my daughter true life experiences on the opposite side of the spectrum of experiences this year. As have all the posts of support and encouragement in which I have shared with her as well.

All who posted, taught her to see the spectrum of life and people too -

I am appreciative.

Wishing you a New Year as wonderful as you.
Love,
Lori

Tony,

I'm soooooooooooo happy to hear this!!! I started jumping up and down when I read it and was thanking G-d for you getting such an amazing gift!

Truly brings a big smile to my face and re-instills my faith all the more!

Faith had a holiday she will never forget, in all ways good (me too) and I can't wait to tell her about your gift trip. She will see another beautiful example of living from the heart and that level of energy.

After all your hard work and building the best company you can to best serve others and of course being the person you are, I am not surprised you were graced with such a lovely vacation!

I have a feeling this is an example of a wonderful New Year unlike any other.

Thank you so much again and your girlfriend for gifting us (I hope she saw the Thank You Elves letter from Faith-her arms must have been tired from wrapping all those presents!) :) Tony, it brings me much happiness to hear what you were given.

Enjoy every minute!

xo,
Lori

Tony puts Santa to shame! I have a new found respect for him beyond the great reputation that I had already been hearing about for years. Kudos Tony, enjoy your trip - you more than deserve and earned it :thumbsup

Wow. This is incredible

Tony is top notch. Way to go!

Very sweet Tony!!!

You're a total teddy bear :-) I love ya for that, much respect!!! I have been so busy opening my own business, I didn't even see the thread. Glad Lori's daughter had a good christmas.
xoxo

yes it was really an incredible holiday all around.

Lol That's a good one. Thanks, man.:thumbsup

Reading this thread made a lump in my throat...

Thanks for sharing such a great story!

Jim

This is so cute. Thanks for sharing.

Yes, its been a holiday of thanks and thankful for a New Year for sure. I hope it is a wonderful for you Dave.

T- I would love to hear how the yachting holiday present was. I hope you enjoyed. Happy NEW Year!

Amazing - thanks for sharing... I will keep National Net in mind, when we review our hosting needs! :thumbsup

I am sure they will be having an amazing year ahead too.

What an awesome thread...