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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 skills 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

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