Trashy please know that I am not trying to stir the proverbial pot here, but I wanted to let you now that I was so moved I sent the email to my mom so that she could add this to the prayer list. Unfortunately, I did not check out snopes.com before sending (although this is not an entirely untrue story). This is the response that my mother received from her prayer chain:
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Please read this concerning the Hogman family because I knew I had seen it before.
snopes.com: Cindy Hogman Prayer Request