Mother’s Day will not be the same for two moms who are thankful to Wisynco’s Boom Energy Drink and Food For The Poor (FFTP) for replacing dark clouds with sunshine by giving them houses.

Life has thrown Denise Graham-Cooke some hard blows which she survived on her own without the help of her mother.

In her teenage years, Cooke came to Kingston to care for her sister’s child. She was denied the opportunity to go to school and “get something in her head”, and later, she was kicked out of the home and left to “kotch” and fend for herself.

Today, a resilient Cooke said she has used every blow to build solid foundations in her six children; four are now adults and the two youngest being 16 and seven.

“Those treatment I got, that’s why I have to stand out and be a good mother to my kids. What I did not get, I always try to let them have it, especially the one girl because she come out with eight subjects,” she proudly stated.

Cooke is looking forward to Mother’s Day. Her teenage daughter will be able to go into the kitchen of their new home and prepare her a special meal.

Now, she can smile having had very little reason to for a long time. Cooke has strong faith and a close relationship with God that has helped her to triumph over losing her husband and father of her youngest child, being abused and depression.

“I am living by faith, I am living by the grace of God. I have God with me and I have a roof over my head, I am so grateful, there is no way to describe how I feel,” she shared.

Still on cloud nine from Food For The Poor and Boom’s gift, Cooke advised mothers in the predicament she was in or worse: “keep fighting, keep hoping, keep believing and trusting in God, just hold on”.

The other recipient of the BOOM and FFTP partnership Kaydeen Cole, daughter of Stacey Rowe and Donovan Cole, is also eager for Mother’s Day.

She was excited to have a facility where she can comfortably prepare a meal for her hardworking mother without worrying about rain falling and the discomfort of going outside to cook.

“Do you know what it feels like to have a kitchen, with cupboard, a sink where you can wash the dishes and just comfortably prepare a meal?” she quipped.

“I plan on doing a special meal for her and I don’t have to worry about any interruptions – that means a whole lot”.

Cole was grateful for the phone call that promises to transform the living situation of her mother, father and herself living in an 8×8 feet room desperate to make ends meet daily.

She was overwhelmed and unable to express how happy and at peace she is.

Unable to find funds, Cole struggled with sending her two children to school. She oftentimes made the difficult decision of keeping one child home, while allowing the other to go.

“It feels like a huge weight has finally been lifted off my shoulders. I never really saw us being in a house like this and now have breathing space and it feels good,” she shared.

Like Denise, Stacey is cognizant that she is one of the ‘blessed ones’.

“If you want something badly enough, you will keep on hoping, but while waiting, do not add to your situation, too many women move on to another man, get another child and they are worst off. Just wait.”