| Show sthought about my family tines wehad and the fun at the hard work Dad had let us use the pool and 1t was likeparty every let the girls come even after she had remembered all the good farm in spite of all the reservoir forswimming day in the swmer Kother in the house to just mopped the change floor their wet clothes She always had freshly-baked bread covered with butter and jan and handed 1t out to the hungry crowd remembered mother jumping into the buggy when we were in town aml driving 0ld Kay out to the farm Shestop at the highway and look for cars There werenmany of them amd the horse was not used to them She was always afraid that someone would run into us When we didngo in the buggy wewalk the two-and-a half miles to the farm The springs around town from which Spring City got its name provided plemty of fresh water giving the landscape its lush green-carpet look where birds nested and warbled throughout the spring and summer Sometimes wecut through the fields running up to our knees in tall grass and flowers enjoying the fresh air and warm sun would miss all these things whilewas away from my fanily was beginning to realize just how much they meant to me and this feeling grew within me as time went on Mother brought the clothes over the next week just as she sald enjoyedwonderful school year and went back to Ephraim to go to Snow College wheregraduated two years later Thenwent to southern Utah to teach school and married whilewas there sowas never at home for any length of time again Buthave thought many times in the years since about the many loving things my parents did for me andve wondered what kind of personwould be ifhadnhad their generous ami industrious example to follow Descendants of hardy pioneers who came from other countries to join the Saints and build up the Church they carried on the traditions of hand work and dedication to the principles they knew to be right inspiring their children to do the same Aftermarried Dad gave uscow andpig and mother was alvays sending packages of good things to eat Sometimes she would send plece goods to make dresses for my two little girls andwould be reminded of all the dresses she had made for me and the other sacrifices she made for her family would remember how important those new clothes were to me whenwas young and thend think of how things change as -50 |
