Grief for Saskatchewan foster mom when grinch makes off with Christmas treasures
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — A foster mother to five children in Prince Albert, Sask., says her heart sank when a grinch stole her van that was carrying Christmas presents for her kids and an anniversary gift for her husband.
Melanie Brown, who is 41, has children who range in age from three and a half months to 13 years.
She and her husband had just celebrated their 15th anniversary but she was in shock Saturday morning when her young son told her their van that had been parked and locked in her driveway the night before was missing.
She says the presents included a coffee maker for her 46-year-old spouse and about $230 worth of Christmas gifts, including skates and a helmet for her developmentally delayed daughter who wants to play hockey like her brothers.