She gave birth to 15 children
She raised 7 boys and 7 girls
No electricity until 1951 – no electric lights, no fridge, no electric stove, no electric washing machine, no electric iron, ETC..
Raised almost all of our own food – beef, pork, chicken, many gardens.
Baked bread and buns.
Milked cows
little money
Prepared 20 meals for guests — for every one she ate prepared by others.
When I left home in July 1961, her 95 years old mother who had dementia, and mother’s mentally challenged sister move in with Mother and Dad.
When you think you are having a challenging day — think of ROSE PETZ