Most five-year olds we see today are busy with having fun and exploring their surroundings. They are carefree and innocent from the troubles of the world. However, it is not the same story for five-year old Anna Wang.
Anna lives in a faraway mountain in Zunyi City, southwest China. She neither lives with her father nor mother, but her two grandparents. Her grandmother is suffering from septic arthritis which limits her movement, while her great grandmother is already weak from the old age of 92.
She wakes up early in the morning to start her chores.
Ironically, both of Anna’s parents are still alive. However, when she was still three-months old, her father was sentenced to jail for unknown reasons which left her and her mother with her father’s relatives. Shortly afterwards, Anna’s mother remarried and abandoned her with the two elders to start her own family.
Anna only has this picture of her father who was jailed only three months after she was born.
As years pass by, Anna became the pillar of the family. At a young age, she is able to cook, clean and take care of the two elderly. Her grandmother and great grandmother are almost bedridden which greatly limit their activities. Aside from doing all the chores at home, she also goes to one of their neighbor’s farm to pick fresh vegetables to feed the family whenever they are out of food.
While most parents panic at the sight of their five-year old child in the kitchen, Anna has mastered cutting vegetables and cooking.
Thankfully, some kind neighbors let her pick some vegetables to feed her grandmother and great grandmother.
A Chinese reporter has recently visited the young girl and discovered her heartwarming story. When asked, she simply smiled and replied that she wants to take care of her grandparents every day and wishes them good health.
Despite her situation, Anna wishes nothing more but good health to her grandparents.
While most of us take for granted the things we are blessed with, this little girl struggles every day with responsibilities way beyond her tiny size. But the real lesson behind the story? The pure love of a young child to her grandparents helps her conquer the challenges and burden she has to overcome every day.
