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Spirit broken again Her spirit was broken again as the police broke the news! Her beloved Enrique had just been killed shot three times, caught in the crossfire of gang violence in Toronto's west side. Helena,35, now was left hopeless, and in despair how could she care for her 3 children? You see, Helena was a refugee from war torn Syria. Sadly, she had lost both of her parents about 2years ago, they died when an artillery shell blasted their little apartment in Aleppo. At least they died together in their sleep. Helena was crushed, obviously, by the sudden news, and her spirit was broken. Her husband, Enrique who was in a settlement camp in Germany, called with the news that he qualified for refugee status and the whole family could start a new life in Canada. Elated, Helena picked up, all the little pieces of her broken heart and spirit, and what was left of her family, and headed for Canada. Helena and Enrique were so excited to have finished their English course, and Enrique had been working for two months, at a food distribution center in Brampton. Their new life together as a family had just got started and then this tragedy! Helena was watching the news of a tragic shooting never imagining that it was her husband, who was killed...and then the knock at the door! God help her! John Derek Hamilton September 22,2016
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