Has Bonnie ever missed things that other women consider important: a well-furnished home, an expensive car, a modern kitchen, fashionable clothes? Apparently not. She explains, "We try to live by what Gandhi said - if you possess more than is required for your basic existence, you are stealing from those who don't have enough."

The Cappuccinos, who have also won The Canada Volunteer Award Certificate of Honor for contributions to children and the Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship, believe that their life has been directed by their own needs, personalities and motives, and their answer isn't everybody's answer.

Have they done enough? Has it been worthwhile?

Fred quotes poet Rabindranath Tagore: "'Let me light my lamp', says the star, 'and never debate if it will remove the darkness.'"

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