Two Days of Compassion – Jamica and Jamia

When Joslyn thinks back to the day her twins, Jamica and Jamia, arrived, she still remembers the fear in the room. “They came so early—just 30 weeks—and we didn’t know if they were going to make it,” she recalls.

In an instant, the world she had prepared for disappeared. Instead of decorating the nursery, she found herself sitting beside two tiny incubators in the NICU, listening to machines breathe for her babies. For 30 days, she lived in that world of beeping monitors, whispered updates, and constant prayers.

That first Halloween came and went. Instead of dressing her babies up for their very first holiday, Joslyn spent it watching over them in the NICU, praying they would grow strong enough to come home.

And when that long month finally ended—when doctors told her she could finally bring her babies home—Joslyn felt a wave of joy followed by a surge of panic. She had been so focused on survival that she hadn’t had the time or resources to prepare.

“I didn’t have car seats. I didn’t have clothes, diapers—nothing,” she said. “Everything happened so fast.”

That’s when a hospital social worker asked a simple question that changed everything:

“Do you need help?”

She told Joslyn about the Variety Compassion Fund, a resource made possible entirely through the kindness of donors—people who would never meet her, but who cared enough to make sure families like hers never faced these moments alone.

With support from the Compassion Fund, Joslyn received everything she needed to bring her babies home safely—car seats, clothing, diapers, and essentials that filled the gaps created by crisis.

Today, Jamica and Jamia are thriving. And Joslyn carries a deep gratitude for every person who has ever given to the Compassion Fund.

“I love the fact that people donate to help other people,” she says. “It really does make a difference.”