Deborah Grimshaw Skouson’s daughter Cami has Autism. She is also obsessed with a flowering t-shirt she has been wearing for five years.
Cami discovered the shirt in kindergarten and quickly discovered that is brought her a lot comfort.
Unfortunately, the shirt was discontinued in 2012 and it became incredibly hard to find on Ebay and other sources.
Her mom decided to take to Facebook to see if any of her friends happened to own the shirt.
Skouson wrote:
“Okay friends and family, I need your help! As most of you know, my daughter Cami has autism. For the past 4-5 years, she has been fixated on THIS shirt.She got her first one in kindergarten 5 years ago, and we have found 4 more since then, mostly on eBay. Her current one is almost unwearable, and eBay has gone dry.
This shirt is a CIRCO brand from TARGET. They were sold in 2011-2012. This is where you come in. We need another “pink flower shirt”, so will you please share this post or even just the photo?
We will pay for the shirt and the shipping if someone would be kind enough to sell it to us. It has to be this exact shirt! We’ve tried similar shirts, and they don’t cut it with Cami! 🙂
Thank you so much!! (any size is great!)”
Almost immediately, her post was shared more than 4,000 times and was also shared on the popular Facebook page Love What Matters, where more than 13,000 shares were quickly gathered.
Skouson soon updated her post with this awesome message:
“I am so grateful for the kindness that my daughter has been shown!
I made this post a week ago in the hopes of finding a few shirts for backup. Cami adores this shirt, and it brings her a lot of comfort and security, which is sometimes hard for her to come by in her chaotic little world. She doesn’t wear it all the time, but likes to put it on after school, and she wears it to bed as a pajama shirt.
At last count, we are at 78 shirts, and I’ve had many offer to make her teddy bears, pillows, blankets, and other keepsakes out of the extras.
These are all total strangers. People are inherently good and kind, and I’m glad I’ve been able to be a recipient of that kindness.
May God bless you all!”
Internet users were thrilled:
Lesson Learned? PEOPLE CAN BE REALLY AWESOME.
