The internet and social networks also allow us to connect with people we might not otherwise meet. And you won't believe that social networks are proof that good works can spread.
We met on Facebook. Somehow we found each other in a crowd of people. Probably because we radiate a similar energy and we carry moral values that we are faithful to and do not deviate from. We met when I was going through a very difficult time in my life, when nothing was going the way I wanted it to. When my life was literally falling apart; like a house of cards.
I tore myself into a million pieces to reassemble myself and my life. I could; for myself and for my children. I had the feeling that the more I tried to get things back to normal, the more everything was falling apart. I was left without a job of many years' standing, I could not find a new one, and the allowance I was receiving was not even enough to pay all the bills, let alone the rent and the basic necessities of life.
At that time I needed everything, but most of all a person who understood me and stood by me in my time of need. And she was all that. In fact, even more than that. She was proof that there are many of us who are like-minded, who care when we see someone suffering. My golden Carmen is proof that if you want to do something good for your fellow human being, you can do it despite barriers and distance. At that time, she was sending me food parcels and cash to somehow pay for all the necessities and to take care of the baby.
While there are people who just say nice things, she has proved that it is actions that count. She sensed my distress and responded in the way I needed in those moments. When life was really getting to me in those really difficult moments, she came to me. She knew that she had to and that she wanted to help. And she did it in every possible way. And she always found a way to reach out to me; despite the fact that I had built a really strong wall around myself at that time. Carmen and people like her are earthly angels in human form.
And we didn't even know each other personally at the time. We only hugged last year, when she proved once again that she is a person of words and deeds, making my life better again. She knew that for many years I had not been able to afford anything, so she invited me for a four-day paid holiday on our Coast. "You don't need anything", she told me, "just take yourself".
So technology itself is not wrong, and neither are people. My story is proof that life gives you back what you carry inside. Dear Karmen, thank you so much for being you.
Mateja Jamnik
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