DIRLJIVO PISMO BAKE CIJELOM SVIJETU “Preživela sam dva svjetska rata, pandemiju i gubitak svoje djece”
Nensi Stjuart (107) iz Klonarda u Irskoj tokom života dužeg od vijeka, preživjela je dva rata, izgubila muža i dvoje djece, jednu pandemiju i finansijski slom.
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Ova starica, odlučila je da pokuša ljudima da pruži nadu i napisala dirljivo inspirativno pismo koje je njena unuka objavila na Fejsbuku.
U pismu je istakla kroz šta je sve prošla u životu, uključujući i zdravstvene krize i gubitke voljenih, ali i istakla koliko je važno uvijek gledati naprijed sa nadom i pokazivati ljubav prema drugima, prenosi Dejli mejl.
Njeno pismo pročitalo je više od 43.000 ljudi. Nensi je iskusila lični gubitak i uništenje zbog rata, ali kaže kako je važno da svi vjeruju u bolje sutra.
– Moje ime je Nensi Stjuart i rodila sam se 16. oktobra 1913. godine. Ovog vikenda sam napunila 107 godina. Zamislite napuniti 107 u doba pandemije. Ovo je za mene vrlo neobično iskustvo, a prošla sam svašta. Živim u Klonardu i u svojoj kući sam više od 83 godine. Suprug mi je poginuo u saobraćajnoj nesreći 1989. godine. Izgubila sam i moje voljene bliznakinje – Margaret je preminula 2007. godine zbog neurološke bolesti, a En je umrla 2010. od tuge, prenosi Blic.
Izgubila sam tokom godina sve svoje prijatelje što dolazi s ovolikom dugovječnošću. Srećna sam što još imam tri kćerke, Ketlin, Meri i Oliv i sina Finijana. Imam 84 unučadi, praunučadi i prapraunučadi. Suočila sam se s mnogim bolnim trenucima i vidjela sam teška vremena kojima je naša zemlja svjedočila tokom svjetskih ratova, podjele naših ljudi i brojne teške trenutke za našu naciju – napisala je.
Ohrabrujući one koji se danas teško nose sa situacijom, nastavila je u istom tonu.
– Danas vam pišem jer želim svima da pošaljem ljubav i molitve. U teškim smo vremenima kad je riječ o našoj državi, našim životima i svijetu. Ali javljam vam se nudeći ovo pismo nade, vjere i uvjerenja da će na kraju sve biti u redu. U drugoj smo fazi borbe protiv virusa, ali prevazići ćemo to. Kao i sve kroz šta sam prošla od dana kad sam se rodila 1913. godine, bez obzira koliko se stvari činile lošima, živi sam dokaz da ćemo preživjeti u godinama koje dolaze i sve ovo će biti samo uspomena. Imam veliku vjeru i ona me je održala pozitivnom kroz sve borbe na koje sam naišla. Hvala vam što i vi imate vjere i otporni ste tokom ovih teških vremena. Zbog pandemije ne možemo da odemo kod prijatelja i zagrlimo ga ili posjetimo – istakla je.
Nensi od marta ne izlazi iz kuće zajedno s unukom Luiz, a uprkos činjenici da im je teško, zajednički sve podnose. Kaže kako zajedno piju čaj, peku kolače, smiju se, mole se i često telefoniraju ostalim članovima porodice.
Here it is….Granny Nancy’s ‘Letter of Hope’….it’s full of love. It’s full of light. And it’s overflowing with hope for our people! 💖🤗💖 For us, as a country, we need to move as one to come through 2020 making sure we bring everyone with us! Spread this letter far and wide! Send it to anyone you know who needs it at this very tricky moment and send it to anyone who might be needing it and we don’t know they need it! Granny Nancy, you are my hero! You are my heart! You are just what the world needs! And I’m so proud to call you my granny!💖🤗🌟🇮🇪🤗💖🌟🇮🇪🤗💖This is my and grannys present to the country and please god it will help someone somewhere! We must stick together! 🌟————————————————————-Lots of people have being asking for the text of our ''Letter of Hope. I attached it here and thank you so much for your requests for it….I know lots have asked for it to print it out for someone they know or even just to stick it up in their homes which I absolutely love. Me and gran wrote the letter in the 'hope' that we might help anyone who was feeling low not feel so alone at this time and that me and granny are on your team at all times and we will come through this hard time together. Sending love and light to each of ye. Also another idea that I had was to try and see maybe if schools might print it out for their students and they might discuss it in classes and even maybe some people might like to write a letter of reply or even maybe the children/teenagers could bring it home with them. The 'Letter of Hope' has lots more good energy to share out going forward and I want to thank ye all for so much support and all your kind words. I never imagined what has happened but I'm so grateful the positive impact our story has had for so many. Love ye all lots, Lou xx_____________________________________________________________________‘A LETTER OF HOPE’BY 107 YEAR OLD NANCY STEWARTDearThe People of Ireland & The World,My name is Nancy Stewart and I was born on the 16th of October 1913. This weekend I turn 107 years of age. Imagining turning 107 in a world pandemic. This definitely is something very unusual even for me and all I have been through. I live in Clonard in county Meath and have lived in my home for over 83 years. I lost my husband in a car crash in 1989, and lost my twin daughters Margaret in 2007 to motor neurone and Anne in 2010 to utter heartbreak of losing her sister. I’ve lost all my friends throughout the years which comes with living so long on this earth. I’m very lucky to still have three daughters Kathleen, Mary and Olive and one son Finian and I have 84 grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandchildren. I have faced many heart-breaking moments and also have seen many hard times in our country witnessing world war’s, division in our people and numerous sad times for our nation. I write to you today to send you my love and to offer you my prayers. We are in a very difficult time at the moment in our country, in our lives and in our world. But I reach out to you in this letter to offer you hope, faith and belief that everything will be ok in the end. We are in another stage of this battle against the virus but we will get through this. Like everything I’ve been through since the day I was born in 1913, no matter how bad things have got, I’m the living proof that we can survive and in years to come, this will just be a distant memory. I have a great faith and it has helped me keep positive throughout the struggles I’ve met. I thank you for keeping your faith and for keeping your resilience strong, through this hard time. Sadly for the moment, we can no longer stretch out to a friend and embrace them nor can we call to each other's houses. But i’m here to share my story. I have been in lockdown in my house since March, alongside my granddaughter Louise and even though it has been a tough time, we have got through it together. We drink tea. We say prayers. We bake. We laugh. We make phone calls. I can even video call lots of my family and friends and am making new friends everyday that God gives me on this earth.And that’s a very important thing to say. If you are feeling low, make sure to try call someone or even go for a walk. I also ask God to help me if I’m feeling low. This is a hard time for everyone but please make sure you keep yourself well and wear your mask. If you keep healthy, your mind will stay healthy too. Keep talking to one another. All my life I have always believed in chatting and drinking tea and saying a prayer or a decade of the rosary and it has got me through. This is our moment to keep our faith and to keep believing that everything will turn out ok. We must try and make sure we leave nobody behind and also that we don’t lose sight of each other. This is a moment for humanity to step forward to take care of the other. We must mind ourselves but we must also mind all those around us. Look up and smile even if you have your mask on. Your eyes will smile and that might be all someone needs to keep going. No good deed ever goes unnoticed so try your best to keep being good. We are not here to live for ourselves but to live for each other. I can’t believe I’ve made it to this age, I only feel like i’m fifty but now that i’m here, all I can say is please god I’ll be here for my next birthday. We must always look forward. I can’t believe I’m the oldest person in Ireland living in my own home, I don’t feel that old. When God wants me, he will come take me but for now I will keep enjoying my life, I’ll keep loving my family and I’ll keep saying my prayers day by day…..oh and not to forget eating lots of good wholesome food is my tip. Good food and lots of tea is my secret to a long life as well as keeping positive as best we can. We must always look forward and hope for the best. Thank you for thinking of me in your prayers and your thoughts and I promise I will think of you in my many rosaries I say everyday. Thank you so much for reading my letter also and I hope I have, in even a little way, helped you feel less alone in this moment. There is always hope and once we keep talking to one another, no day will seem empty and we can get through this together. It only takes a small candle to take away the dark and in each of us, we can be that light in the world.This hard time will indeed pass like all the rest and all that matters is that we helped each other through. Many blessings and much love,Granny Nancy and Lou x
– Mnoge prijatelje i rođake sada mogu da nazvovem preko video poziva, a svakog dana koji mi Bog daruje na ovoj zemlji stvaram nove prijatelje. I to je važno reći. Ako se osjećate loše, nazovite nekoga ili čak izađite u šetnju. I ja se molim Bogu kad mi je teško. Ovo su teška vremena za sve, ali sačuvajte zdravlje i nosite masku. Ako ostanete zdravi, i vaš um će ostati zdrav – dodala je Nensi.
Pozvala je ljude da razgovaraju jedni s drugima tvrdeći da joj je to uvijek pomagalo tokom teških životnih razdoblja.
– Nikoga ne smijemo da ostavimo niti izgubimo jedni druge iz vida. Ovo je trenutak da istaknemo humanost i pobrinemo se jedni za druge. Moramo da se brinemo o sebi, ali i o onima koji su oko nas – napisala je.
Pozvala je ljude da se raduju i smiju čak i dok nose masku jer će se to vidjeti na njihovim očima i pomoći će nekome ko se osjeća loše da ipak nastavi.
– Ni jedno dobro djelo neće proći nezapaženo, pa pokušajte da budete dobri. Nismo tu da bismo živjeli za sebe nego jedni za druge – utvrdila je.
Nensi je otkrila da se ne osjeća starije od 50 godina, a smatra da dugovječnost duguje raznovrsnoj hrani i čaju. Otkrila je i da se nada kako će doživjeti sljedeći rođendan.
– Uvek moramo da gledamo napred. Ne mogu da vjerujem da sam najstarija Irkinja koja živi kod kuće jer se ne osjećam tako staro – pojasnila je.
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Nastavila je zahvaljujući ljudima koji čitaju njeno pismo i zaključila tešeći ljude da će i ova teška vremena proći kao što su prošla i ona prethodna. Mnogi čitaoci su joj se zahvalili i poslali lijepe želje za rođendan.
– Hvala ti za pismo, bako Nensi. Ovo su mračna vremena za svijet i gledam kako se moja mama kod kuće bori za svoje zdravlje. Tvoja ljubaznost donijela je svjetlost u vrlo usamljeno mjesto. Hvala ti i srećan rođendan – napisao je čitalac.
Drugi je rekao kako ga je bakino pismo dotaklo, i da vjeruje u njene riječi i iskrenost.
– Tvoja generacija može toliko toga da nas nauči. Puno dobrih savjeta i mudrosti kako na jednostavan i tih način pobediti. Hvala ti na mudrosti – dodao je neko.
