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Show Chapter 4 SOME ILLNESS, SOME DEATH Ellis greets her seventh wedding anniversary with a reflection that she has seldom, perhaps never, felt so close to abandoning her "high aims and grand desires." "I am weak and sick and thus I am forced to drag myself around from morning till night for the wants of my children must be attended to." But the gloom of the morning gave way to "bright hope and holy faith" when "Milford entered, sat down and talked to me-as only Milford can talk, said he understood my feelings and realized my situation, and wished to comfort and resuscitate my drooping spirits... Milford prays earnestly for the good spirit to direct him and lives as few men live by the spirit of revelation-and if he positively says thus and so is right, I have never known it to fail. ...He is a kind and noble husband and I ever feel to thank my Heavenly Father for such a husband. I realize the prayer I offered seven years ago has not been unavailing, that my Father has blessed me in the election I made. The next day, May 6, 1973, a projected relocation to Arizona becomes imminent and Milford has decided to take six-year-old Bard with him. Ellis acknowledges that he "needs a change of scene." As their departure is yet nearly two weeks away, Milford takes the opportunity to place an entry in Ellis's journal. He writes: |
