In some cases sad as it is the children have passed before the parent and with other relatives perhaps far away or they too have gone then it leaves a person on their own which in life is a sad situation to be in I know from experience that Italians look after their families very well but in this case something was amiss.
In our society today we have lost the values and principles of days gone by I remember well you knew everyone on the surrounding streets and had many a conversation over the back, side or front fence, now days people would rather leave you in the street than become involved as they hurry along in their own bubble of a world.

Like Ovidio I travelled allot in our state on jobs and went to sites that had 3-4000 people in both my trades as a crane operator then safety advisor you meet copious amounts of people from all walks of life and they all had a story to tell.
I've met a Merc who went to Rhodesia (He had some stories) he gave me a green lacquered steel cased AK round saying it was like that as you don't want things that glint in the sun like an ejecting round also the claymores they used were very effective.
Another was an engineer who had escaped from Syria, he was amazed at the land size of our state "It's just so big" he also said there was always gunfire or stuff happening there it was not safe for a family.
We have for the last 25 years sponsored a child from Uganda through world vision its not much but they are so poor there we like to think we make a difference for one young persons life who knows they may be the next Nelson Mandela.

It is such a tragedy that the elderly lady in this story died alone with no one to comfort her in her passing or albeit try and save her life, one can only say now that her soul is at peace and she is with the ones that loved her in this life. RIP