第28章el
Dorothy
Sheloileandhelpless。Iwastoldshedidn’tevenspeakEnglish。OlgaandherfamilyhadPuertoRicotoreceivetheexpertmedicalcarethatwasunavailableinherowntry。
Iwaswieofourlocal’shospital，asoneofOlga’snurses。I’thelpbutthinkhhtehislittlegirlmustfeelwithallthosescarytubes，madmonitorsaroundher。Whensheopenedhereyes，shewasincrediblybeautifulandsmilingbackatmewithbigbrowneyes。
&herarrivedearlythem，shesaidtome，“MyhusbaoPuertoRieedstogobacktowork。I’llstayhere，nearOlga，withhersisterandbrother，soshegetthemedicalhelpsheayalive。”Aswetalked，IdiscoveredthatOlga’smotherwastheonlyoneinherhouseholdwhospokeEnglish。
ThefamilyhadbeenstayingattheRonaldMaldHousebutwouldsooomoveintomorepermahousiheydidn’thaveaohelpthemsetuphousekeeping，Ivolunteered。
AsIattemptedtohelpgetafa’sfamily。Iwastold，“It’simpossible。Thechild’smotherisn’tw，aherdoesn’tevehistry。”
&oldthisstorytosomeofmynursefriehemtactedourloeer。Onenistpromisedhewouldwritetheirstory，butadded，“Thiswillbemylastnofthissort。Thesestoriesjustdon’tsellpapersanymore。”
That’swhenBeinedangel，arrived。Shewasavibrant，talkativeandgvolualked，aelyshehadsomeextideas。Aswecludedourversation，shesaid，“Oh，bytheway，Ihavecer，butI’mu。”
&eher，Beckyte。Shenotonlyfoundhaandherfamily，butalsohelpedwitheverythiheyneed。Iaskedmyself，howcouldthiswomandosomushehadsuchdifficultiesofherown?
&heenrolledinabillingualprogramandwasabletofiherajobe。Whein，Beckywouldgohomefromwork，startdiheandthenothertoseeifshehadaridehomefromthehospital。Ifshedidn’t，Beckywherhome。
InApril2000，IwasiendtheannualJeffersonAwardslun。Fiveoutstandingvolunteersfromeachstatearenominated，andoorepresenthisorherstateiioioninWashington，D。lywasBe，butshealsowoopaward。Shenotohisfamilyishealsohelpedhttheirowhcer。
In1998，Beckywasdiaghovariahedoctorsweren’toptimistic，butshewasstroermioday，sheuestoshareherexperieadtriumphs。Sheistlyplagthesahersbeforeherown。
Beckyislivingproofthatthehumanspiritberemarkable，evehemostadverses。Olgaandherfamilythrivethankstoadetermined，kied