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floor sewing, with the baby close by.

It was cute, but it was hard on

Donna’s back and made her tired. I

decided to try to get her a sewing

desk. Everywhere I went, I looked

for an inexpensive desk at

secondhand stores and at every

garage sale but found nothing we

could afford.

Then, one night, we went to a

charity auction. I scraped together

every penny we had and counted

twenty dollars. I was hoping to buy

some tools to fix our small pickup. It

was our only transportation, and it

was not running well. At the auction,

we added the Jell-O salad that Donna