http://friendsforlife.org Hope for the Generations Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:20:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://friendsforlife.org/2010/07/everything-she-owned/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=everything-she-owned http://friendsforlife.org/2010/07/everything-she-owned/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:40:15 +0000 inez http://friendsforlife.org/?p=507 We were asked to help an elderly widow move.  She had been renting a house but her son had moved in with her.  He was an alcoholic.  He mistreated her terribly and when he ran out of money to buy alcohol he pawned her things.  When we came to pick her up everything she owned fit into two grocery bags.  We helped her move into a lovely group home.   Her sister was no longer afraid to visit her so she came back into her life.  They started going to lunch and shopping together.  She called me one day to come see what they had done.  They had bought new curtains for her room and had made it look so cozy and cute.  I am not sure I can remember seeing anyone so proud of a room, or so happy.

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