Ruth finds it hard that she is now the one who needs help.
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But for my family, I used to run around all day. I used to go to work or see my mom, help her out with something, come back to things here, be there for friends, basically literally be there for friends and now I’m just not [inaudible] really, physically. And that’s been very hard. Because I was the one that people went to for help a lot of the times and now I’m needing the help. So it’s been humbling but at the same time, it’s been lonely. It really has. And they have come and see me. But it’s been lonely like in thought process wise. Having to accept that I’m no longer the person that goes and helps out and sees their children grow and is physically there all the time.
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