Kummari Lakshmamma
| Category | : | Old Age Home |
| Age | : | 75 years |
| Spouse Name | : | Chinna Balanna (late) |
| Son/ Daughter | : | 2 sons (2 are diseased), 1 daughters |
| Address | : | Roddipalle , Kurnool district |
Description
Story:
My name is Kummari Lakshmamma . I got married at the age of twenty. My village name is Roddipalle , Kurnool district. We have four sons and one daughter. My husband and I used to work on a farm in our village and make a living.    We used to take our eldest son to the farm and he would play, while we were working. One day, a tragedy happened ;  he was bitten by a snake while playing and died on the way to the hospital.  After four years,  my third son also died in a road accident.
My husband bought a three acre farm with the money he earned from working on the farm.   In due course, my two sons were married. Four years later, my daughter also got married. I and my husband were very happy with my sons and daughter and their spouses.  One day my husband fell down when he was working on the farm. In the hospital,  Doctors did tests and said it was cancer. After five years my husband died.   Two years after my husband died, my youngest son had a heart attack and died.  Since then I have been living with my youngest daughter-in-law [widowed] and children, but it has become difficult to live on the earnings of the daughter-in-law .
I do not have the energy to work and earn and I have BP, I have diabetes and cannot see clearly.  My youngest daughter -in law can feed me but she does not have the money to spend on my health . Then my second son came to me and said if I give transfer the farm to his name, he will look after me.
I believed him and wrote the farm deed in his name. I was taken care of, for a year .  From then on, he started arguing over small things and not giving me my medicines on time.  So, there is no one take care of my health.
By the age of 66 and I came by myself to SERUDS Old Age Home.  I am now 75 years old.  It has been 9 years since I was in the ashram.  Occasionally my family come here, to meet me.  But they never invited me to come home with them any day.  It is hard for me to have to stay away from my home,  but the affection and love shown to me by those who are with me in this Old Age Home has made them my family members.   With my past experience, I am sure I cannot live happily with my sons and daughter.