She “wove” her future on the “loom of toil”

There was no future for Anna Pothitou from Pythagorio, Samos in Greece. Her childhood was difficult, a constant “battle” for survival. Upon reaching adulthood and marrying, she followed her sisters to the dreamlike land of Australia. From the ramp of the ship “Patris,” she was catapulted into a country that would become her second homeland! The only thing it asked of her? To work hard. In shops, she learned the language of the locals, and in factories and tailoring companies, she toiled day and night, carefully “stitching” not only her own future, but also that of her children…