A Chinese 90 year old widow got the surprise of her life after she placed a little note in her local paper asking people to turn up for her funeral when she died.Su Guiying didn't know her heartrending little note would change her life,as dozens of people showed up at her house to show they cared.
The 90-year-old, tragically lost all of her 17 children shortly after they were born or while they were still young, and has finally been gifted the family she always craved .
Used to spending the New Year festival alone, all of a sudden Su's home in the village of Hongxia on the outskirts of Ruichang City in southern China's Jiangxi province, was overrun with well-wishers touched by her lonely plea.
She was so overcome at the attention after years of isolation that, with the day itself fast approaching on February 19, she burst into tears and declared it already the best New Year's festival she has ever had.Su said
The 90-year-old, tragically lost all of her 17 children shortly after they were born or while they were still young, and has finally been gifted the family she always craved .
Used to spending the New Year festival alone, all of a sudden Su's home in the village of Hongxia on the outskirts of Ruichang City in southern China's Jiangxi province, was overrun with well-wishers touched by her lonely plea.
She was so overcome at the attention after years of isolation that, with the day itself fast approaching on February 19, she burst into tears and declared it already the best New Year's festival she has ever had.Su said
'I married when I was young, just 17, but I lost my first two children and then my husband abandoned me saying I was unlucky.'Then I remarried but the next nine children which I had almost every year died at birth or not so long after.
My second husband died when I was 33. But I married a third time and we had six children together, though I stopped hoping after that about having a family. 'My child who lived the longest was aged three when he died, it broke my heart. I lost all the children and then my third husband died.
Desperate and alone, she adopted a girl at the age of two, but when the girl was 19 years old she tracked down her original parents, a wealthy couple from the Chinese capital Beijing, and left Su never to return.For the last 40 years since then she has lived on her own with no immediate family or friends but when her sad story was published in the run up to Chinese New Year, when families traditionally get together, she was inundated with offers of people who wanted to visit her. One young man, Wang Wen, 25, has put up a tent in her loft and promised to spend the entire New Year with her
Another visitor, Heng Wan, 29, said:
Culled from Mailonline
Another visitor, Heng Wan, 29, said:
'I lost both my parents in a car accident so when I heard about this woman I was very happy to visit her and give her what she never had. She really is a wonderful and remarkable woman.And Fang Kung, 30, who also visited, said:
'I live near my family and I will be spending New Year with them, but I wanted to take one day to visit this woman and give her a little something as well to also honour my own family.'
Chei! Poor widow
ReplyDeleteAwwwwn. Can't believe I almost cried
DeleteGot tears in my eyes.
DeleteThis is so sweet and generous and just so so sweet
ReplyDeleteBut I am a Nigerian living in Nigeria.if I see dat kain advert,lonely old woman,90,no family at all,no village......abeg u be winch.I will not turn up.
Meanwhile this is so sweet and generous and just so so sweet.awwww!!!!!!
Oh my God! Truly the lord will set the lonely in families...
ReplyDeleteIf to say na Naija this woman De, she would have been an outcast and accuse of been a witch and killing all her children and husband's... Poor Woman...
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Yeah, exactly
DeleteNever isolate your self,problems shared are problems solved. Thank God she voiced out.
ReplyDelete*wipes off tears*
ReplyDeleteI was crying all throughout when I was reading the story! I know how I felt when I lost my younger brother.. Then what more when she has lost many children! Thank God for putting a BIG SIMILE on her face!-Pst.Chekeleke
ReplyDeleteI felt touched by her story.....any way Thank God for her life
ReplyDeleteAwww... So sad . Thank God for those that cared.
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Aww this is so sad..
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that people showed her love now that's she's still alive
so pitiful I do hope people attend my funeral too wen I die
ReplyDeleteI'm a good fella so Lemme know when you die, I'll attend
DeleteInvite me too oo, i cant miss the food!
DeleteThis is serious. She wasn't destined to have any immediate family but God turn her sorrow to joy.
ReplyDeleteEeya,thank God that her wish was granted her even when she's still living.
ReplyDeleteEeya,thank God that her wish was granted her even when she's still living.
ReplyDeleteThank God she was not born in Africa, maybe she would have been killed or accused of witchcraft! Strong Sexy lady!
ReplyDeleteBelinda you said it all...kie I pity d woman sha only God saw her tru all dis yrs!!!
ReplyDeleteBelinda you said it all...kie I pity d woman sha only God saw her tru all dis yrs!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is good. Long live Mama!
ReplyDeleteThank God for good people. God bless u all for showing her love. long live
ReplyDeleteGood ending for her. i don't think she will ever be alone again.
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