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activities. Though it wouldn’t be the physical,

active work she had always done, she knew she

could at least find some usefulness there.
She baked bread, pies, and cookies, and

cooked mounds of mashed potatoes and pots of

roast beef. At meal time the workers would
descend on the kitchen and wolf down the

meals, grateful for the good food. That helped

her feel better, but still she wished she could do
more.

That was when she noticed the piles of
laundry. With the hard, dirty work, and

everyone out in the fields, the laundry was

stacking up. She knew she could do that. She
washed load after load. As the first loads

started coming out of the dryer, she started

folding the clothes. That was when she noticed
something else she could do.

Many of her grandchildren’s jeans were
holey and frayed. She had grown up during the

depression, and if there was one thing she knew

how to do, it was to patch worn out jeans. She
stacked everything that needed patching into

one pile. She was amazed at how many there

were.

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