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Itâs the story of nearly every migrant kid: to make the sacrifices of our parents â uprooting their entire lives and transplanting to a foreign land, for us â worth it. It was ingrained in us from the minute our feet left Malaysian soil on December 18, 1982, my ninth birthday, that we were migrating so that my brother and I could have a chance at a university education. That was the stated mission.
When we moved to Australia, I watched Mum go from the safe fold of being employed in a family business to running her own with Dad. I have few memories of her revealing the struggle of new expectations, new friends and a new culture â having to rebuild from scratch all the things that define a life.
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A giving young man spent around four weeks gathering donations to answer the call to a “tip challenge.”
Giovanni Dellomo gathered around $1,000 cash to surprise the staff of Mileto’s Sub Shop in Newberry with tips.
“I’m doing it to make someone’s day,” the 8-year-old said. “People are losing their jobs during this hard time during the pandemic. I just want to do something for someone.”
A tip challenge encourages patrons to collect money to donate to the staff of local restaurants to help support them during the pandemic.
After watching his mother, Alicia, and Aunt Kim complete a tip challenge for the Trail Inn in Cogan Station, the Montgomery boy decided to step up and do one himself.
“Teddy” went everywhere with the little girl, including her final days in the hospital.
On April 2, 2016, at age 17, McDowell died of complications from undiagnosed Crohn’s disease.
On the day of her funeral, her younger brother, then 11-year-old Christian, gave “Teddy” one last hug. He took its photo, then placed the stuffed animal in the casket.
The gestures brought tears to his mother’s eyes. He continues to amaze, Lori McDowell said, despite the toughest loss of his life, his big sister.
Christian, 16, has a locket with a photo of him and his sister.
“It is hard for someone to understand the pain and the loneliness of losing your only sibling unless you have gone through it,” said Christian, of Oakmont.