137. My mother Ruth Allen Miles (who wrote the poems) tells her own story -- full of her wisdom!
MY LIFE HISTORY BY RUTH ALLEN MILES # 1 (As she wrote it, partly from journals) Her own story is quite extensive, with many chapters. I'll include many of them in the days to come, as her life was truly inspiring, and full of wisdom. I, Ruth Allen Miles, was born on Sunday morning, on May 10th, 1908, about 8:a.m. in Panguitch, Garfield, Utah, at home. Strangely enough I was never interested about the details of my birth when anyone was alive who would have known. The only details I remember having been told was that my mother had a very hard delivery, and nearly lost her life to give me mine. A Dr. Clark, I believe was the attending physician. Mother had been told 4 years before that to attempt to have another child would probably cost her her life. After she was told this she had 3 girls , LaVern, myself, and Adelia, and miscarried a pair of twins. How thankful I am to her for her faith that gave