It wasn’t always easy living with my workaholic husband. When he was farming and working at the canning company, everything at home fell in my lap. During those months, I was a single parent.

Bob tried to hard to make a living. In the 1980s that was a tough thing to do. Many farms went bankrupt. We hung on by our fingernails.

Most of the time the poor guy was worn to a frazzle, but no one could keep him from his work.

I’m so happy that I had my column. It kept me going and helped me document our lives on Sunnybook Farm.

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