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Show BEREAVED MOTHER STORY of how one woman reacted, in an hour of trial, comes from Mrs. Leo Herndon, Abilene, Tex. She and her husband almost unaccountably, it seemed : lost their little boy. Her sorrow was so great that she could not ; eat, life lost its value. A doctor told her that she might become a neurotic if she continued to give way to her grief. But how could she put aside so great a loss? , One day, in her depressed nervous state, she began thinking about two' friends who' also had lost children. One of these women became morose, bitter, said that all her life P. Carnegie she had been unlucky.' The other woman had lost five of her six children, yet she was not as unhappy as the former woman. Mrs. Herndon analyzed these two women, and she found that the second mother was continuously doing something some-thing for someone else; she was not thinking about ... herself all the time, as the first woman was doing. Then Mrs. Herndon counted up the things in her own life ithat she had to be thankful for, the things which brought cheer and joy into her life. Here is what she discovered as her blessings : 1 She had a devoted Husband who was doing all He could to assuage her sorrow. Then she realized that if she did not cease her deep sorrow she would make him unhappy, and this he did not deserve. 7 2 She was thankful sHe had Had her child even for a shori while. "That is more than some women have in their lives," she told herself. 3 Both she and her Husband had good Health. And she was making an effort to destroy hers, which certainly would react on her husband. Then she began interesting herself in others, doing something to make them happy. Six months passed and her sorrow began to wane. Her great loss is still there, but she is getting a great deal out of life. Other sorrowing mothers can benefit by Mrs. Herndon's example. Had she gone on as she started, she would not have benefitted in any way, and would have harmed not only herself her-self but all those with whom she came in contact. No one wants to do that, t |