An utterly blameless woman has fallen into a real hell!!! She could have been someone's loving mother or devoted grandmother! Three strokes and the harrowing grip of poverty are conspiring to extinguish the spirit of a truly deserving Georgian woman!
An utterly blameless woman has fallen into a real hell!!! She could have been someone's loving mother or devoted grandmother! Three strokes and the harrowing grip of poverty are conspiring to extinguish the spirit of a truly deserving Georgian woman!
REPOST RIGHT AWAY, MY GOOD MAN! HELP YOUR FRIENDS TO GET CLOSER TO THE WORK OF MERCY!
I stood by the pharmacy, gazing at medications that I couldn't afford in a million years. Out of the blue, a striking young man noticed me, worn down by life, and it was as though he could sense my thoughts, the pain in my eyes! Without uttering a word, he took my hand, led me into the pharmacy, and purchased medicines worth 300 lari! I fervently pray that the Lord will forever remember his kindness!
She thought her body was made of stone and her heart of ice, but even people like her can break! When the first stroke failed to break her, a second one happened to her and took away her power of speech and then the third one confined her to the bed. But being helpless for a lonely person is the same as being dead. Tina survived, stood up, and learned to speak again. 'I won't let this illness turn me into a rotting piece of flesh!' she repeated every day.
Tina: What I'm talking to you right now, or rather mumbling, and the fact that I can stand on my own two feet - doctors call it a miracle. They say people can't recover from the first stroke - but I survived three! Maybe it's because I'm made of stone, and I have ice instead of a heart!
- Why do you say that? Who told you that?
Tina: I'm all alone. I have no one by me - no relatives, no friends. I lost my dad 20 years ago. Soon my mom followed him from grief. And my brother drank himself to death at a very young age - at 44. So, I was left completely alone. I never had a family. In my youth, my heart was broken so severely that I completely lost trust in people. That’s why they call me stone-hearted! And I believed it.
- How did you live before the stroke? What is it like to be entirely alone?
Tina: Please don't think I'm some kind of antisocial person or that I've never had friends. I had it all, but these days, people are so self-absorbed. Before the stroke, I worked; I sold flowers. In the morning, I would go to the wholesale market, buy different flowers, then make bouquets and sell them. I gave happiness and beauty to people. I wonder how many couples reconciled thanks to my bouquets, how many found joy... oh. I sat on the street, sometimes until late at night. Back then, I could pay rent and help others. My health was excellent. I would have never thought I'd turn into this wreck!"
- Do you remember how it happened to you, maybe you were nervous?
Tina: When you're alone, who is there to get nervous about? What's there to be nervous about? I don't know what happened. Maybe it was God's will. I had to endure those sufferings. Perhaps to better understand those who are in pain. I don't know. I was on my way home from work when I suddenly lost my ability to speak. I couldn't form words. Instead, it was like some kind of mumbling. I called for an ambulance, and they said I needed to be taken to the hospital urgently. But I refused. Someone had to take care of me there, right? It's hard for people to understand what it means to BE ALONE! It's when you have no one and when you die, there will be no one to shed a tear for you...
"It's a frightening thought to grasp that you're completely alone in this world, and when you pass away, no one will shed a tear for you - perhaps only strangers you had once crossed paths with"
- Perhaps it hurts to realize that...
Tina: It hurts, but I've gotten used to it. People probably think, "She's alone, why does she cling to life so strongly, for whom, for what..." But you know, no matter who a person is, life is sweet, and saying goodbye to it isn't very pleasant. It was my excessive love for life that got me through my first stroke. But then came the second one... they prescribed me a bunch of medicines. You know how absurd it sounds? I can manage with just 2 lari a day for food, but I need 50 for medications! And whatever money I manage to gather each day, I use it to buy those medications. Sometimes, I just stand outside the pharmacy and ask kind-hearted people to buy me one pill of this, one of that...
- Do they help?
Tina: You won't believe it, but you know how generous our poor people are? Sometimes they don't have money themselves, but they tell me, "I won't buy 5 pills for myself; I'll buy fewer and help you!" They give their last... But once, a miracle happened. I want to share this story, and I hope you'll write it! Maybe that godsend person will read it and respond.
- We'll certainly write it, please tell us.
Tina: About a year or two ago, I was standing outside the pharmacy and asked a young man to buy me one or two pills. He bought me 90 pills! Enough for three months! It must have cost more than 300 lari! Can you imagine? A complete stranger! Like I was his mother or grandmother... I burst into tears. I couldn't believe it, I thanked him, wanted to kiss his hands, but he said there was no need to thank him, and he didn't even tell me his name. So, every day, I remember him in my prayers as a kind person, but I don't know his name. It's because of people like him that Georgia would survive! Georgia will endure forever, and may his family be blessed!
- This is truly a generous act! We're asking a kind Georgian stranger to respond! It's very important for Tina! Tina, doesn't the state help you with medications?
Tina: I've addressed them four times, with a request to fund at least a portion of the medications. I received refusal – it felt like a slap in the face! Perhaps, we would live in paradise if people like my kind stranger, like the head of your Fund, like all those people who have no problem giving the last one to someone who feels worse than they do.... served in public institutions.
- What do you dream of?
Tina: I want to stand on my own two feet and get back to my favorite work - creating bouquets and bringing joy. Another big dream is to have at least a small room – but my own one. But our state doesn't help even large families with housing, who needs a lonely, sick woman, right? So, I decided to address you. I've realized one thing, that God sends us His people. They don't necessarily have to be relatives. Complete strangers have done such good for me! Help me with medications, help me get medical assistance – I don't need anything else. I hope that if I take all the medications, I'll be able to walk normally and won't be a burden to anyone.
Tina's story is a reminder of how important it is to cherish every moment of happiness. Help her return to the light, back to life, and perhaps, even her stone-hearted heart will stop crying.
A stroke is one of the most severe conditions a lonely person can face. Tina has survived it three times. She cannot cope on her own, and now she needs our help to recover and return to a normal life.
We urge you to join us and make a contribution to help Tina. She needs medical examinations and all the necessary medications. Any amount you can donate is invaluable to a person's life! Together, we can change Tina's life. We just need to imagine that we are looking at our loved one. What would we do for her? How would we react?
If you are willing to visit this family and help in person, here is the address where she lives now: Tbilisi, Gldani, 43 Khergiani Str.
Every time you can help someone, just do it, and rejoice that God answers someone's prayers through you!
We are sure that all together we will manage to save them from imminent death.
Please don’t forget to repost our story. Let your friends know about the grief of this family! It’s extremely important!
Friends, there is one more request: if you know about the misfortune of a neighbor or friend do a godly deed, drop us an email at: office-fsp@fsp.ge
Our Fund’s accounts are:
- In Bank of Georgia GE42LB0115113036665000
– In TBC Bank GE15TB7194336080100003;
– In Liberty Bank GE42LB0115113036665000;
(Purpose: Tina Antonosian)
You can also transfer money from our website: TБC Bank (GeoPay), Bank of Georgia (e-commerce), Liberty Bank (PayGe),
It is also possible to transfer money from TBCpay, ExpressPay and PayBox (OPPA) terminals. Find our Fund under "Charity" section (you can read more about rights and responsibilities of the Fund following the link https://goo.gl/GY2Gus).
We have already helped thousands of disadvantaged people! Let’s support this family too! And who knows, maybe someday we ourselves will need the help of strangers! Life is always unpredictable!
