My parents read one or two a week, the Geographic, and some farm magazines. I hope this book will be a little more than a sentimental remembering of the old days. I hope it will also be a character study in some depth of my parents, my brother Dudley, and me, and our grandparents. I'm sure you will find that our adversities strengthened us, our love of God sustained us, and that sometimes, we just had a lot of fun. Every hopeless situation can be improved.
Nothing is truly hopeless.
The use of one's own ingenuity and imagination to solve problems gives one a sense of well-being and accomplishment. When Dad needed a door knob and couldn't find one, he substituted a wooden button. Wishing I had a nice rocking chair after our marriage, I found one at a sale for fifty cents. I spent the following winter caning the back and seat and refinishing it. These are all acts of resourcefulness, and the list could go on.