Conversations with God

Hello God, it's me, Mara:

You know, Lord, several of us girls were together, enjoying our time when 'Alyson' spoke: "My grandmother emigrated from England in the early 1900's with her husband and two little girls. Their home was a simple bungalow. Water came from a cistern, the toilet was at the end of the garden, and the heat was a wood stove."

We 'perked' up our ears: Alyson sighed and continued: "The family had little by today's standards. They lived on my grandfather's income as a streetcar conductor and what they grew in their garden. Sundays were spent at the Salvation Army temple. From...