Grannies Nursing Grandchildren

I counselled a young woman, who came to tell me that she had AIDS, through her husband. She was losing her hair now, she said. I didn't see her again. Then I received a long distance telephone call: "I'm with Granny." OBSERVATION: There are many heroic grannies in South Africa, women of faith and prayer, who nurse their grandchildren to death. I have the young woman’s photo, but it would be inappropriate to put it on my blog -- a beautiful young African woman, smiling, dressed in green and gold. I said on the telephone: “We are praying for you.” She said (sounding cheerful): “I am very glad. I need it very much.”