The world of Tzu Chi April 2020 (Vol.121)

42 2020 • 04 Written & photographs by Julie Yen Yu Chu Translated by Ong Mooi Lin ouching Life Story When a group of volunteers first visited Tholasiamah a/p Sarady at her home in 2002, she was an unsmiling, disgruntled single mother who incessantly criticized her children for their indifference towards her. Now, she welcomes the volunteers with warm smiles and friendly exchanges; she no longer resented her children for making her feel abandoned in old age. Bringing Smiles to aWeary Face