A life like the thorn bird: The grandmother who lit up the world with prayer and gratitude

1. It is an account of a grandmother met on a train who said she gave one of her eyes to her blind son and regarded it as a blessing from God.
2. The reporter relates that the grandmother seated beside him on the winter train sold goods from Namdaemun Market at village market stalls to help pay her grandson's school fees.
3. The reporter writes that the encounter taught him to be grateful for everything, and portrays the grandmother as someone living a life of devotion, like the thorn bird.

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