ONCE UPON A TIME......
After giving some thought as to how I could continue my page I have decided to share a little of my history. I happened to be born during a time that we now refer to as
~THE DEPRESSION YEARS~
"During those Depression Years
it was a time in history that was very hard on my family and the population as a whole.
My parents, who were farmers, were very poor and they worked hard to work their land and raise their family of eight children. There was first a son born to them and then seven daughters, of which I am the baby. The earliest and only picture that I have of myself back then, is when I was six years old. I did not think I was much to look at then! Check me out! "giggles"
My school, was a one room building, holding all the first eight grades. Perhaps many of you who will read this can relate to this setting. As a young girl I remember how life was for us during WW II and how, because of shortage of supplies, everyone had dealt with rations on many items.
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Here are some examples of the ration coupons.
I remember the excitement when news came that the war was over and the celebrations that followed with dancing in the streets. It was a new beginning for everyone, not only for us but for the whole world. It was a time that had left the world with much pain, yet there was the feeling of great joy. It was a time that could be described as bitter/sweet and it brought about change that is still unfolding.
GOD, I give you thanks for many things But most for being Me, As well as I can tell, Myself is what I'm meant to be. I might have been much more, perhaps a wise woman or a saint, But I'll not fret with vain regret I can't be what I ain't. I might have been much more, no doubt, But I'm all I've got, So I'll give thanks for what I am And not for what I'm not. Myself is what I'll try to be, Could I be this no more, I think that I would then be true, To all God meant for me.
I don't believe I would be here today if it were not for the love, the patience and the long-suffering of a wonderful God who just let me run out of all of my efforts until I had nothing but HIM.
