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Becoming a caregiver

One threshold, met from more than one vantage.

Stories from inside it

Meeting the Children Who Would Be Hers

Do you know what day this is? It is the third anniversary of our meeting. Three years ago today, three simple, childlike girls received a costly gift from heaven, the gift of a friend after their own …

I Know You Will Take Care of My Child

In June, 1884, I went with them to their summer home in the Isles of Shoals, as housekeeper for some guests who were coming from Paris. On the 6th of July I received word that my sister Caroline had d…