Guest Post from PHPG Volunteer: Paige Cohn
Gloria, is the matriarch of her medley
family. For most of her life she’s been
a single mom of 3 of her own children and the 3 more she adopted, left to
support them on her own. In order to
feed her family, she ventured into the world of self-employment. She been a cook, a seamstress, a farmer, but
her most important role is being a Mother.
After her own children were grown and married, she found 3 little girls
on her doorstep, abandoned by their parents.
Gloria took these three girls in, adopted them as her own, and is
currently working to send them to school.
Gloria has always been a self-starter. Having to be self-reliant for most of her
life, she feels lucky with the success that she has had in her life. Whatever she makes, she sells. Her compassion
and hard work ethic is something she has instilled in her children, as she
encourages them to continue to study, hoping she can buy them the materials
they need to complete their education. After
we finished with the interview, Gloria sent us home with a bag full of mangoes
and bananas out of her backyard.
Gloria hopes that eventually she’ll be able
to save for her retirement, so that she can support herself when she can’t
work, forever being the autonomous, self-sufficient matriarch she has always
been.
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