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was born she cheerfully and confidently made plans for the future. Fortunately, our home was fairly large so that there was room for a small apartment and also space for sometimes as many as six or more boarders - mostly high school students from rural areas.

When Mom was not busy cooking, helping friends, doing church work, looking after her home and us, she made our clothes and even sewed some for the public. Her days were budgeted so that no one or anything was ever neglected. Our home training, our health, our education, our fun and hobbies, our friends, and our church life were all important to Mom. She encouraged us in our little money making projects so that we could feel more independent and helpful. Although money was never plentiful and there were often difficult problems to face, we had lots of fun, and we felt we were very rich in many ways.

My dear brother was thirteen when he developed a heart condition that necessitated his remaining in bed for a year. He would have