"May God guide you in all your endeavors and grant you success in all you set to do, I have prepared your dinner, let me go and bring it for you". Maria brought the bowl of food she had delicately prepared for him.

After a fruitless day spent prowling the street of the town, seeking for jobs, such a delicious meal was always a welcome relief to Marco.

There was countless times she had to go without food, mainly to reserve enough for him to eat. At other times, she took it upon herself to sit in front of their doorstep,anticipating his arrival.

And when he finally arrived, she would...