Lois Collins writes: On her 45th birthday, Monica Leger was handed a gift basket from a stranger that contained an odd assortment of items: Takis, chocolate milk, potato chips, dried mangoes, Fig Newtons, cranberry juice, candy, a keychain and a blanket that said "Henry."
Leger, then a major in the National Guard, started sobbing when she saw the name. It was among the greatest gifts she’d ever received.
Still, it was hard to compare it to the gift she’d given Henry, who she would later learn was a 16-year-old from the tiny town of Annabella, Utah.
She gave him back the remainder of his childhood, his sociable senior year of high school, his ability to join the swim team, good health and hope. She gave him time.
She gave him one of her kidneys.
Read more about how a woman’s kidney donation made all the difference for a Utah family.
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