1188. A Desire to Help During the 1918 Spanish Flu, By Daris Howard , from Meridian Magazine
Below is a tender story, of the 1918 Spanish Flu. A Desire to Help During the 1918 Spanish Flu By Daris Howard · March 17, 2020 It was 1918, and Arden, the man Rachel had been dating, was off fighting in the Great War. Rachel worked hard on the farm and in her grandfather’s store as a clerk, but there were times she felt like she wasn’t doing enough to help. Then she started seeing those around her falling ill to what had been dubbed the Spanish flu and felt she just had to do something. Some families lost more than half of their family members, while some families were so ill, they couldn’t take care of each other. Rachel approached her parents about her concerns. “You know you could catch the flu, and it might take your life?” her father said. Rachel nodded. “But if I live unscathed, and didn’t do what I could to help, I doubt I could live with myself.” Her parents understood her feelings, and they agreed to help. Rachel’s family starte