Reply #10: My grandma had a mark on her gate [View All]

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that let those riding the rails know she would feed them. Grandpa was a country doctor, and would go out to lonely farmsteads to look after folks, even if they couldn't pay him a dime. Mom tells of a time that Grandma had canned some beef, and while the family was at church, someone came into the pantry and stole it. Grandpa saw who it was, but refused to prosecute because, Mom said, he knew the men's families were starving. Grandpa never was rich in money, but he was wealthy in kindness and generosity.