Love makes miracles happen

With a deep and husky voice, one elderly resident sang her favorite Taiwanese song without forgetting a single word. Despite the fact she is illiterate and suffers from dementia, this resident simply loves copying Buddhist sutras. When she first arrived at “Miracle Home” in Taishan District, New Taipei City, she possessed the rather troublesome problem of mistakenly believing paper tissues were banknotes! She would stuff her pockets full of tissues and slowly dispense them out to the drivers and social workers throughout the day. 

“Miracle Home”, which currently cares for 40 elderly residents suffering from disabilities and dementia, is seen by all of the elderly residents as a second home. Nuns at the home know the unique story of each and every elderly resident, and have consistently witnessed a marked improvement in the mental and physical health of residents following their arrival. This has further strengthened their conviction that “love makes miracles happen”.

Love makes miracles happen

URL:https://www.peopo.org/news/284229

(以下為中文對照)

有愛就有奇蹟

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有著渾厚嗓音的阿嬤，一字不漏地唱著喜歡的台語歌曲，雖然不認識字，但抄寫佛經非常投入，她是一位患有失智症的老人家，在剛到新北市泰山區日間照顧中心「奇蹟之家」時，還有一個令人頭痛的問題，就是誤把衛生紙當成紙鈔，會持續抽取許多衛生紙放在口袋，並贈送給周遭的司機或社工員。

這位阿嬤跟許多在奇蹟之家的長輩一樣，都說這裡是他們的第二個家，奇蹟之家由「天主教主顧修女會」設立，目前照顧約40位失能及失智的老人。老人家們來到這裡後身心健康改善，修女對每位老人家的故事也都如數家珍，她們相信，「有愛就有奇蹟」。