#MadeOfGreat
This post is for the woman whom I have known since birth, or even for another nine more months than anyone else, because i have resided there, in her womb. Not that I write this post in her praise, the reason for her awesomeness are too aloud to be heard in the most deprived and poor sections of the locality.
There were not much monetary grants with her initially in the initial days after her marriage. As her conversations with me say that all the expenses were born by the male partners, none was left to them. And, merely being as a home-maker, she hardly any expenses at her disposal. But she was determined for bringing a change in the families and the societies to best of her efforts.
Charity begins at home. And there she took her first initiative of educating the two daughters of the maid that worked at our home. Today, I am younger to those two girls, and now that they are happily married,every time they visit the town, they come and have a word with mummy and express their gratitude on how she came as a God to their escape from their alcoholic father and bore the expenses of their education.
And when she started bearing the expenses of the maid's girls' education, initially managing from the money she received from rituals and ceremonies, there were several other maids ready to work at the place. She didn't understand it initially, but later on she heard from sources about her educating the girls. That was day, she decided to give herself more to the cause of education.
For meeting the cause of charity, she started stitching clothes, and preparing handmade items, etc through which she earned and donated the amount she would make from those things. The number started increasing with the passing of time. She also taught poor girls the art of stitching and crafting so that they can earn and also learn to meet their expenses and become self-dependent.
Now when I question her on how my mother managed those expenses, her answers are like - "It was God who made them available.", "I want all girls to be educated and have a respectful status in the society", "Education is a powerful tool to free oneself from the shackles of poverty", and her several such one liners.
I am proud today, that I some how manage to save some time and money to donate for this noble cause of education. She has taught me to be courageous, charitable and brought me up with the best of education and other facilities. She tries to manage her time and give her best shot to whatever she can to uplift the weaker sections.
For me, it is not easy to be you, but I will definitely try!!