(Clearwisdom.net) I started practicing Falun Gong in 1996, and my son started to practice the following year. I vividly remember those happy days when my son and I walked our paths of cultivation to return home with Master.
Like many practitioners in China, I have been subjected to brutal persecution and encountered great difficulties in my life since July 20, 1999. My son was tortured to death in 2004, leaving behind his wife, who is also a practitioner, and their baby daughter.
I mostly raised my granddaughter myself, and looking after her took a lot of time and energy, leaving me very little time to study the Fa. My son's death also brought many difficulties in my efforts to validate the Fa, as my friends and relatives had misunderstandings about my son's death. I didn't know where to begin, or how to clarify the facts to them. I needed to overcome this great obstacle. I studied the Fa, thought it over, and decided that I will validate the Fa by doing my best to bring up a young practitioner.
My granddaughter and I studied the Fa and practiced the exercises every day. The Fa has taken root in her mind. She possesses righteous thoughts and helps me clarify the facts to the people we meet. Under Master's merciful protection, she has grown into a healthy, lovely and polite girl. Our friends and relatives speak highly of her. I realized that this was now the right time to tell them about the beauty of Falun Gong and the facts about how my son died as a result of the Chinese Communist Party's persecution of practitioners. They easily accepted what I told them.
Now that she is in elementary school, my granddaughter and I take every opportunity to clarify the facts to her teachers, classmates and their parents. The effects have always been very good. The wisdom my granddaughter has gained from the Fa has enabled her to be at the top of her class in every aspect. Her teachers have witnessed the outstanding results from a young practitioner. She has been taking violin lessons for two years now and can play many wonderful Dafa songs. When her school has cultural events, she will play a piece of Dafa music on the violin and receive warm applause every time.
My granddaughter and I can easily clarify the facts to anybody, under any circumstance. Although we encounter hardships on our path of validating the Fa, it is a joyous experience.
