Ying Luen Wong and Murray Wong

Vote for Ying Luen and Murray
I would like to nominate my dear mum and brother. Ying Luen aged 72, hassuffered for more than most of her life with chronic Rhumaetoid Arthritisand is disabled from the deformities caused by this terrible disease. Shearrived in New Zealand from China aged 20, to meet my dad and marry himwithin a week. Dad was 27 years older and she was his mail order bride.They lived with poverty and moved from Dunedin to Oamaru then finally toChristchurch where they finally had their own market gardening. They had 8kids and had a happy marriage life bring up the children working very hardon the market garden with dad who was getting older. During this time, shealso looked after all of us, cooked amazing food with no recipes,entertained friends when she could, made the whole families clothing byknitting and sewing with patterns she made up herself.Sadly dad fell ill and mum spent 4 years nursing him, taking care of thefamily and running the household with the help of us older kids. My dadsadly passed away and left mum to take care of the market garden and us kidsaged from 7-20. She was only about 43 years of age, two years later she wasdiagnosed with Rhumaetoid Arthritis but kept the market gardening goinguntil she was very disabled. She has had numerous knee operations and hipoperations but is still pain and not in remission.Murray is the youngest, now aged 36 and is taking care mum all these yearsas we all got married and left home. Murray is still single as he doesn'thave a social life looking after mum and also works very hard in his day jobin IT and works on the market garden after work and in weekends.They both have had a tough life and really deserve a holiday.
Thanks
Janet Wong