Pictures
Do Speak
P ictures
speak their thousand words in silence, but they do say a great deal, so never underestimate
their importance.
This courageous little bride
married a widower with six children. (The baby isn’t pictured.) When asked
about it later, she laughed and said, “I didn’t know what I was getting into.”
But the marriage lasted and she went on to have five children of her own,
raising a total of eleven children.
While she worked with
determination to raise the family on earth, she referred to the deceased mother
as the family’s “guardian angel” who was watching over the family from above.
When this little five-foot, two-inch
bride took over as the mother of this family, she instigated a rule that anyone
who swore—including such words as dang, darn, heck, or sheesh—had to pay a
quarter or buy her a candy bar. The family’s language cleaned up in a hurry.
Another rule she put into effect
was that no one could say anything about anyone else unless it was two of
these: kind, true, or necessary. The family’s thinking became more magnanimous.
Over the years, this little
mother made heroic efforts to keep all of her family alive and healthy. In one
instance, she even got better than the nurses at caring for a grandson born
with heart defects. You could say many hearts beat for this lady.
There is no greater cheerleader
than this woman for her family. She tenaciously defends and encourages all good
things in every family member.
Knowing now, what you do about
this woman, aren’t you glad to have a picture to view?
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