From @FWMission ...Friday Story: "Her Second Chance At Simple Pleasures"

Founded in 2001, Free Wheelchair Mission is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to providing wheelchairs for the impoverished disabled in developing nations. Headquartered in Irvine, California, FWM works around the world in partnership with a vast network of humanitarian, faith-based and government organizations, sending wheelchairs to hundreds of thousands of disabled people, providing not only the gift of mobility, but of dignity, independence, and hope.

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Friday Story: "Her Second Chance At Simple Pleasures"

Edith loved to hear birds sing. She would listen to them every day as she planted and plowed on her field in Swaziland.

Hearing the birds’ melodic songs was the favorite part of her day – at least, until she’d gather with her beloved family after all their work was done.

Now 85 years old, Edith’s mind is still sharp, but the years of heavy farm work have taken a toll on her bod ...

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