{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The News Journal","provider_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net","title":"Helping mom, and making people happy &ndash; The News Journal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"dS2BiArcTW\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/helping-mom-and-making-people-happy\/\">Helping mom, and making people happy<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/helping-mom-and-making-people-happy\/embed\/#?secret=dS2BiArcTW\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Helping mom, and making people happy&#8221; &#8212; The News Journal\" data-secret=\"dS2BiArcTW\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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Docter is a mother of four. Three of her children are aged 11 or younger and are still living at home. Her mother, Kathy Walker Mills, is currently being treated for the disease at the Cleveland Clinic. She\u2019s a retired assistant physical therapist, who was working part-time, but had to quit her job. Her husband had to quit his job too. The couple is living in Cleveland now while she recovers, and they have a lot of expenses. \u201cBecause I\u2019ve got the little ones, I couldn\u2019t sit with mom to do her treatments. I didn\u2019t feel like I could really do anything because I was stuck here with the kids and I didn\u2019t have anyone to watch them,\u201d Docter said. Then, inspiration struck. \u201cI thought, well, I can make some baked goods and maybe make enough to buy them a gas card or something.\u201d With that rather humble, modest goal in mind, Docter turned to the social media platform, Facebook, to let people know she\u2019d be making cupcakes and other baked goods to help her mother. The response she got was overwhelming. \u201cMy phone blew up immediately,\u201d Docter said. \u201cThe first day, I was having my kids help me with mixing and stuff like that. By the second day, I was like, OK, this is getting serious. You all have to get out.\u201d Docter said it\u2019s been a bit of a challenge. People are asking her to make things she\u2019s never made before. Some recipe research, coupled with natural talent, has yielded good results. She said she\u2019s raised more money for her mother than she ever thought possible. \u201cEvery day I\u2019m baking at least eight hours. I\u2019m getting five and six orders at a time,\u201d she said. \u201cI love it, to be honest. I\u2019m helping my mom, I\u2019m making people happy, and I\u2019m making myself happy \u2026 so, it\u2019s great.\u201d And she may have a new career. She worked at Corbin Cellars before it\u2019s recent closure. Now, Docter said she\u2019s already been approach by potential investors who want to help her start her own bakery. Her customers may have initially bought her baked goods as a way to help her mother, but they are coming back because of the quality of the sweets they receive. A suitable bone marrow donor was found for Mills, who is being treated at the Cleveland Clinic. She plans to spend three and a half months at the Hope Lodge in Cleveland recovering until she is released to come home. Still, there will be frequent trips to the clinic for years to come. Mills said she\u2019s extremely proud of her daughter. \u201cI love that this is how she\u2019s caring for me,\u201d Mills said. \u201cI also think it\u2019s been sort of like therapy for her to help get through this. It\u2019s something that affects more than just the patient.\u201d Mills said if there is a silver lining to her MDS diagnosis, it\u2019s the opportunity it has given her daughter to explore her talents. \u201cI told her to stop whenever she wants, but she said \u2018no, I like it.\u2019\u201d Mills said. \u201cI\u2019m just really proud of her and, of course, I love her to eternity. She\u2019s so talented in a lot of ways.\u00a0 I think people are finding that out now. She\u2019s making a quality product. Her stuff really is very good.\u201d Docter set up a booth at the recent October Festival in downtown Corbin. Aside from baked goods, she raffled off gift packages of donated items to raise money for her mother. The whole thing went extremely well. She said the community support for her mother has enhanced her already favorable view of the Corbin and it\u2019s generosity. \u201cI\u2019ve always loved Corbin. I just can\u2019t believe the outpouring of support, love and prayers,\u201d she said. \u201cIt gives you a whole new perspective on life really.\u201d"}