If We Left They Wouldn't Have Nobody

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January 17, 2015 a project of ServiceSpace You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you. - John Bunyan - If We Left They Wouldn't Have Nobody When Valley Springs Manor home for the elderly closed, the staff left, except for cook Maurice Rowland and Miguel Alvarez, the janitor."There was about 16 residents left behind," says Rowland."If we left, they wouldn't have nobody," adds Alvarez. "I would only go home for one hour, take a shower, get dressed, then be there for 24-hour days." Rowland adds "I just couldn't see myself going home â€" next thing you know, they're in the kitchen trying to cook their own food and burn the place down. Even though they wasn't our family, they were kind of like our family for this short period of time." { read more } Be The Change There's always a way to help those who can't quite take care of themselves. See if you can discover how you can help this week. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News The One Thing They Carried With Them The Beautiful Fragility of Language The Difference Between Listening & Hearing Relationships Are More Important than Ambition Ladder to the Pleiades Resilience: The Opposite of Depression 7 Ways To Change Negative Beliefs About Yourself Because I'm Happy DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 154,712 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More