In my travel back to Kansas for dad's 70th anniversary since high school graduation, in the stop at the Hays cemetery, I saw something that made me think how lucky we are to be living in this age. Picture four gravestones, four children, none of whom lived to be three years old. I was stunned.
I no longer remember the family's last name (and I didn't think to write it down), but consider the pain they must have had to deal with. Death was an integral part of life, it seems, back in the late 1800's. How could they have handled such a thing? I pray that God gave them strength, and that they believed in the promises Christ made to us, to be with Him in Heaven some day.
Albert, born 23 Oct 1887, died 16 Apr 1888
Herman, born 27 Nov 1886, died 26 May 1887
Paul, born 3 Oct 1883, died 1 May 1886
Carl, born 21 Feb 1879, died 30 Jun 1879
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