Thoughts and stories, by Pal

If we think we have it hard, this story will help us put it into perspective. I posted this early in my blog, # 134 in fact!  You can find many stories about my mother's under "Labels", and Ruth Allen (her maiden name.)  She wrote this about when she was 10 years old.      I've included some after her story of the flu, just to give you an idea of how difficult their life was, as her mother was left a widow with 8 children.   -------------------------------------Below written by Ruth Allen ---------        I’ve heard that the flu of 1918 caused more deaths than the war did.  (World War 1) Be that as it may be, a great amount of the deaths of the soldiers was terminated “flu.”       It was  before the days of penicillin  or any other drug we use now to fight bad colds or “flu” with.  It was in Europe, and all parts of the United States and in the  entire world. ...

I WANT TO BEGIN WITH A QUOTE I REALLY AGREE WITH! Pres. Thomas S. Monson (quote below) Don’t be afraid to walk out of a movie, turn off a television set, or change the radio station if what’s being presented does not meet your Heavenly Father’s standards. In short, if you have any question about whether a particular movie, book, or other form of entertainment is appropriate, don’t see it, don’t read it, don’t participate.  (This isn't about the following story ------  Just WISDOM! ) An interesting situation with Wayne's father Roy 's family .  We told about him and his parents and grandparents in yesterday's blog.  John Emanuel Wengren Eckman and his wife Margaret Turnquist, Roy's parents, came from Sweden with one child.  They had a second child in Sweden who died at about 2 months old, and she had a child shortly after they came to Utah.  That child lived only 6 days, possibly to the difficult trip they had coming to Utah.  Lat...