March 2009

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Hard times

Times were hard in the 1970s. I worked at an automotive factory in Muncie, Ind. I was laid off often for long periods of time. We survived by working any small jobs we could find. But with two small children and bills to pay, unfortunately there was no money for extras.

In our back yard this tree had broken off during a storm. I used the stump and limbs to make us a plant hanger. As we look back at this picture, we laugh. But at that time in our lives “nothing could be finer.”

Mack Ledbetter, Raeford, Lumbee River EMC