Mary Saju Salmiya, Kuwait Perseverance Visited By Kindness Not Once, But Thrice “He would arrive everyday after seeing his regular clients and stay till midnight or later.” Mary was only fourteen when her dad was injured in an accident in 2008. With no health insurance, surgery and other medical expenditures quickly drained their funds. Mary’s mother traveled to care for their father who was being treated in India while their aunt and uncle looked after the children. Four months later Mary’s parents returned. It also happened to be the day of Mary’s final examination results. As Mary walked to the notice board to see the posted grades, she saw her name and (WITHHELD). Mary was shattered by the failure and was drenched in tears. Thoughts ran through her mind: how would she tell her parents?; she’d be repeating a year, sitting in the same class with junior students. Terribly disappointed, Mary decided to go to the office to see what could be done and was told she hadn’t remitted the required course fees. Somewhat relieved, Mary went home to tell her mother. There was little money available but her mother shared the situation with her friends. These friends kindly donated not only the money she needed to pay her past semester fees, but for Mary’s entire upcoming academic year. It had been 6 long months since Mary had seen her father. He had become so skinny, his muscles even sagged. To retain their residence, Mary’s parents could only be out of the country less than six months. This meant bringing her husband back to Kuwait before his treatment was complete. He still required physiotherapy, but she didn’t know how to get the needed help. Mary’s mother worked in a Convent School and decided to ask the nuns for help. The second gift of kindness was delivered. They decided to check the parental professions information on the school’s student profiles to see if there was a physiotherapist. There was. The physiotherapist called Mary’s mother and explained that usually he didn’t do private physiotherapy, but in this case he’d make an exception. He visited her dad the next day for the first of many sessions and said, “Good we started it off today, otherwise he would have not been alive by next week.” Mary’s mother wondered how she would be able to pay for the therapy. It was then that Mary’s family received another gift of kindness. The therapist told her that he would let her know the price later, but that later never came. He arrived everyday after seeing his regular clients and stay till midnight or later. He never took a penny. Now, Mary is happy to report that her dad looks healthy, walks freely and normally like anyone else. Mary says, “[This was] the act of kindness which has nailed my family’s heart.”
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