Every now and then a story emerges that needs very little commentary. In fact, some stories are so precious, and so fragile that any additional words run the risk of tarnishing them, cheapen them, or perhaps even destroy them. Ruth Coker Burks has such a story to tell. It is her own story of standing by the bedsides and gravesides of AIDS patients who had been abandoned by their families. It is the story of personal sacrifice and a tremendous testimony to an individual who is willing to embody the ideal of stepping into the darkness of another to ensure that they don't have to face it alone. The fact that, until today, we have never heard of Ruth is only further testimony to the humility, purity and the beauty of her actions. Her story was featured today in Story Corps.
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