There’s almost nothing I find more enjoyable than receiving a makeover. Unfortunately, my husband is the complete opposite. He’ll do whatever he can to get out of shaving, grooming, or doing anything to make himself resemble the man I remember marrying decades ago. I’m not saying that’s a bad thing, but I do wish at times that he would care more about his appearance.
Well, my husband would get along well with Jeff. For most of his life, Jeff has had a long scruffy beard that he refused to shave off. Until one day, he decided to get it cut in order to please his wife, who had been complaining about it all the time. Jeff didn’t go about this transformation without some help, however.
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Jeff received help from the Rachael Ray Show who promised Jeff that he would receive a complimentary and complete professional makeover as long as he appeared on the show and surprised his wife with his new look. Jeff said on the show,
“I’m going through basically a midlife crisis. It’s time to clean it up.”
With the help of Elena Linares, the founder of the RazzleDazzle Barbershop in Miami, Jeff’s makeover was complete. When the new Jeff walked up on stage, everybody, especially his wife, were absolutely stunned. Jeff looked like a completely different man!
When asked how he felt, Jeff told the audience that he felt amazing and emotional after seeing his brand new self. I can only begin to imagine how his wife must’ve felt! What did you think about Jeff’s makeover? Let us know in the comments below!
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Anders said that he began seeing pennies as a reminder to stop and say a prayer.
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“If I would see a penny when I’m gassing up, on the ground, or in a store, it would be a reminder to stop right there and say a prayer,” Anders said to ABC News. “I never failed to do that. That’s why they had so much value to me.”
At no point during all of his penny-collecting did Anders accept coins as a gift from anyone else.
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“But I never allowed anyone, not even my wife nor children, to give me pennies without being compensated,” he continued. “I wanted the inner satisfaction that God and I acquired this collection.”
“I became convinced that spotting a lost or dropped penny was an additional God-given incentive reminding me to always be thankful. There have been days where I failed to pray and more often than not, a lost or dropped penny would show up to remind me.”
Anders filled big water jugs with the coins he collected.
He said at one point his goal was to fill up 5 giant water jugs but once he had done that, he felt the urge to keep going.
He needed to go to the bank and turn them in or else he’d never do it.
At the time he finally went to the bank, he had filled 15 5-gallon jugs.
“I wanted to fill five five-gallon water jugs. That was the goal, but I couldn’t stop. … If I hadn’t turned them in yesterday, I was not going to stop.”
In addition to the intrinsic value Anders found in collecting the pennies, they also added up to have significant financial value.
After finding out his homeowner’s insurance policy wouldn’t cover his collection, he called the Origin Bank in Ruston, Louisiana, where he had been a customer for years.
Anders let them know he would be coming in with a large number of pennies.
They were happy to help but it was quite the undertaking.
“We value his business, as we do all of our customers,” said the bank’s Vice President Jennie Cole. “But if we can help Anders with his endeavors, we are happy to do so.”
