Tamara slusarchuk

Always a Reason

Vivian was a local volunteer who was barely scraping by, but no matter how down on her luck, she never asked anyone for anything in return for her kindness. There would be days that she would not eat and sometimes also go without heat. Vivian was a very busy lady; she had a job but worked just enough to pay her bills, and sometimes that wasn’t enough. The thought of working two jobs had crossed her mind now and then, but she was too involved with volunteering. There was something volunteering gave her that working could not, and it was bigger than money. It gave her the self confidence that she needed in life. Though life seemed tough and often unbearable, she never let it get the best of her; she had a little black book that she wrote all of her troubles in. Vivian would write about the good, the bad, and even the sad things in her life – never thinking anyone could have gone through similar things in their life.