I learned powerful lessons in kindness from my maternal Granny. She lived with her daughter in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania. My family lived twenty miles east. We visited once a month. Granny stayed with us during the summer. As a kid I soaked up all Granny’s lessons like a sponge. Her favorite hangout was a convenience store at the end of her…
Author: Larry Yeagley
My Father’s Kindness II
Late October our family was awakened by a passing motorist. Our barn was ablaze. My father released our 30 cows from their stalls just moments before the blazing upper barn collapsed into the stables. By morning nothing remained but hot ashes. Hay, straw, grain, and a new grain drill were destroyed. Fortunately the rest of the implements were stored in…
My Father’s Kindness
My father combined grain crops for neighbors throughout Cornwall Township. By the start of World War 2 his six-foot combine that was pulled behind his Farmall tractor was beginning to show fatigue, but he kept it running. His mechanical skills and a neighbor’s welding expertise made constant repairs. New farm machinery and parts were not made due to the war.…