Dear Vob,

My sister Maxine is desirous of returning home but she is unable to do so because of her financial constraints, she conveyed this feeling to me from Canada by telephone about a month ago.

About four years ago, her elder son Jason left home one afternoon, nothing was ever heard of him since that date. Maxine demonstrated her love for her son by hiring a private detective after the police were unable to locate him. She also spent most of her precious savings on advertisements in the print media, on television and on flyers, in order to locate him, but to no avail. Her efforts added to her pain and sorrow not only financially, but also physically and mentally as a constant rush to the telephone with high hopes over a period of time often ended in disappointment as insensitive, mischievous persons became the order of the day.

Please, please, please understand and empathise with my sister's financial situation and also her physical and mental stresses she has been through and add a little joy to her heart by being compassionate and granting her, her heart's desire. As "for the holidays, you can't beat home sweet home."