When Life Goes Sideways
We are meeting a lot of amazing people and learning from them! A few weeks ago we heard about a woman who might need some help so we went to see if there was anything we could do. She is 80 years old. Her husband has passed away. Her older son was killed in a car accident. Two other sons live with her because they have disabilities. Her first language is an aboriginal language and she is also fluent in Taiwanese. Mandarin is a third language for her and the one she is least fluent in. She can’t read in any language. She found some unused land and grows a garden to help ends meet and keep herself active and productive. She had two different garden plots, but recently decided to focus on one. We took her some food as a gift. She received it reluctantly saying she gets by ok and people don’t need to bring her things. We asked when we could help with her garden but she said we were doing God’s work and she could handle the garden. She doesn’t have a car but she has a scooter and drives h