Ruth had a son who took off and she didn't hear from him for years. Finally, after much prayer, he has returned and been in contact with his mother again. Even when she had no news of him for years, she never gave up on him. Ruth is in a nursing home with severe and crippling arthritis -- particular in her kness and she is in a wheelchair these days. If you're a praying person, pray for Ruth and her son Mark as Mark struggles to rebuild his life, and Ruth holds on to hers. Ruth voluntarily sat for this portrait and gave me permission to tell her story. I see Ruth at a nursing home where I am a voluntary chaplain.