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Show : Live for the Day ,n tjoW one woman handled an emotional crisis and l tpE je(J herself and her family on the road to a happy life. ' k Mrs Flora Cummings and she lives in San Diego, S1! n vears ago she was left a widow with, two children Entile of years, she met a man who, she believed, would Af a g0od husband and a good father to her children. H a to W her children and certainly they h'm and found him entertaining. As for her, pZTl 1 in him if not a perfect man, at least one i-. saW any wonderfully good traits, that minor ' i could readily be overlooked. feTl o ,t the trials that come from people living 'X Z did not escape their family. Her hus- 1 j loS7as iealous of the great amount of time it ': f7 I tana Wd Jry for her to spend on the interests ' 1 I nr voung son and young daughter. This t H ...J ,' of , v wa s intensified when times became hard ' j hi? had to go to work to augment the family Carneele a"0 sn This she felt called upon to do because '"Siiidren made an extra burden f or her husband to carry. ' Matters went from the proverbial bad to worse state. Her husband bickered and quarreled, found fault with the children; the children turned against him, seemed to j nrefer not doing the things he wanted done. He even struck her little 10-year-old daughter, which she says she can never forgive, but only overlook. On top of all i lllis her widowed father had to come and live with them., He' was always on the side of the children, so soon he and her husband were devout enemies. Then one day her church announced a course In human re ; , tionships- She went more to get away from home after th ! "ldren had gone to bed than because she felt any good wouli ; '"me of it. She says in that course, was advocated "living fo : Z day" making the most and the best of what one had, am :? Letting all other considerations. She began practicing tha i Ipt Within a week, her family life was happier; within i L,th, both her husband and her father caught her spirit an fervor,' and became peaceable; her children became mor thoughtful. She says she had never before known what a humat being in trouble could do for herself by just calmly living for th 2 1 .ay and letting the future and the past take care of themselva |