Second Chances

Mary did not know why she did not live with her siblings as a child. At the age of six, she was placed in an orphanage. She learned to cook and all the children took turns cleaning their living areas. Two bathrooms for 25 girls, unbelievable. Her school day brought joy in reading, being forced to write right handed was not pleasant. A friendship with a former missionary brought her closer to God in the orphanage. In her high school days she had problems, because the classes were in so many rooms. She found a plan to manage better, and she liked the science classes. She wrote a few plays which her teacher produced with her classmates. Mary's first marriage was forced upon her, she had to leave the orphanage. The next years she relied on God, completely. A divorce became necessary when her husband showed cruelty. She enjoyed her children, she worked in a pharmacy to supply their needs. She became a professional cake baker for birthdays and weddings. This helped her stay close to her teenagers. The girls learned to decorate cakes, and her son became a good cook. Mary developed several health problems and was helped by service dogs through the years. All of her dogs were Pekinese. Mary wrote her biography some years ago. So she wrote her life again, presently, to explain how she became a Bahá’í. She describes how she is happy now, as a member of the Bahá’í Faith. Mary became an artist through her later years, as is evident by the books cover.