While they say you can't help everyone, you can darned well make a difference in the lives of a few.You are definitely making a difference for her.
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This is a bahay kubo like I grew up in with no electricity and the only water was from a hand pump outside . I have worked hard in the Middle East and through that have built a concrete house for my mother and one by one for my brothers. Now all of the nieces and nephews (yes there are a lot) come to my mother's house in the morning on the way to school, eat a good meal and then continue to school. After they leave school they do the same on the way home. Now I have two in university and four university graduates (a chemical engineer, a civil engineer, an accountant and a nurse).... not to mention my own children in the university. Yes, you can make a huge difference.
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This is from my most recent trip home in the house I built for my mother. Only a few of the nieces, lots more. Hey, we are Catholic...