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We Are All In This Together

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Liza stared at the young man, Mr.
Winthrop, who stood at her door. The fear and

concern showed in his face. “Please?” he

begged. “Please, won’t you come? I’m afraid
my wife and baby will die without your help.”

Liza had grown up in the city and was
highly educated and well trained as a midwife.

But she fell in love with a man who took her far

away to the rugged west. When her husband
died, Liza found herself trying to run her farm

and take care of her eight children while still

using her midwifery skill to help others. But
too often she was busy helping others when she

needed to be directing her sons in the harvest.
Between that and people not paying her for the

help delivering the babies, she lost her farm.

She moved to a new community and found
a rundown farm. It had a small dilapidated

cabin. She and her children worked hard to fix

up the cabin and plant the farm. But now it was
harvest time again, and the cold days were

approaching. If they didn’t get the beet crop

harvested, she would never be able to make the

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