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I was one of many that had the priviledge to live with my Grandparents. The lessons I learned from them will remain with me for the rest of my life. My Grandmother was a very wise woman and her way of thinking and explaining things made me listen. I remember when one of my so called friends set me up with with a blind date. A horrible evening for me. When I got home and told the story my Grandmother just laughed. Finally she ask me "are you sure she is your friend", then she told me the story of the rattlesnake. Once there was a rattlesnake that got caught in the freezing weather. A kindhearted man found him and the snake said "please help me". The man freed the snake and brought him into his warm home and put him by the fire to warm. The snake bit him and the kindhearted man asked him "why did you bite me, I just saved your life". The snake told the man, "you knew I was a snake when you brought me in". I realized then what she was talking about, choose your friends wisely. One day I was helping this lady with some chores. She was a very unfriendly woman and expected you to work till you dropped. I told my Grandmother about it and she said, "always remember, there are some people that will work a willing horse to death". I remember that lesson very well. My life was touched by this wonderful woman in a way that I now tell these stories to my children. Everyone must learn lessons, I pray you can learn them from someone that lived during times that were hard, they knew the meaning of hard times. The depression taught them well.
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