“We Were Poor, but Mother Made Us Feel So Rich!”

“The days on the farm were hard,” Grandma spoke thoughtfully to her granddaughter. “Tell me more, Grandma,” said nine-year-old Nanci Lynn as she moved to come around beside her elderly grandmother. “Well, as I was saying, growing up on our old farm was hard. We didn’t have a lot of things the other kids at my school had.  Our car was old. Our clothes were hand-me-downs. Our shoes were not fancy. In fact, our house was pretty plain compared to many of the neighbors. But we felt rich because of our mother. She must have been tired at times,” Grandma said. “But every day she’d tell us that she loved us. She sang about Jesus at the stove. She’d pray with us at the door before we left to go to school. She’d ask about our day, and as she listened, it seemed like we were the only things on her mind. She’d thank the Lord for sending us into her life because it made her so rich. So you see, Nancy, we heard Mother praying that, and we actually thought that we made our family rich!” Nancy giggled as Grandma hugged her. She quietly said to her, “And now my Nancy girl, you have made me rich.”

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