Jimmy and Marilyn Curcuru have lived in their house in Gloucester for more than 50 years. But in late July, the couple received an anonymous note, from a neighbor, in their mailbox. "Please paint me!" the note said, calling their house an "eyesore."
In 2006, Jimmy had a heart attack and quadruple bypass surgery. His framing business was subsequently closed for months and "never really recovered from that," his daughter, Michelle Curcuru Baran, told CNN. Curcuru also developed kidney issues the next year from medication he was taking following the surgery. His wife, Marilyn, 72, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis several decades ago and had been using an electric wheelchair, but became bedridden about 4 years ago.
She found out about the anonymous note mailed to her parents, and posted a photo of the note on Facebook.....
"To my concerned neighbor, thank you for letting me know my house needs to be painted. Guess what? I know. I've been working on it for almost four years," Baran wrote. "I myself always drive by houses that look like mine and wonder what's up in their lives. I don't judge them not knowing what they may be going through."
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