“For the past five years, Amanda Barnes has lived alone in an old house in Northern Texas. She entered the workforce at an early age, and because of her determination and perseverance, had long held a position of authority in the city’s businesses.
Virtually everyone in town knew Mrs. Barnes by sight and always paid their respects when they met her. Sooner or later, however, age tends to take its toll, and the woman was forced to quit her job and tend to her household at an old ranch.
She and her husband, Lloyd, lived together for nearly 40 years, raising two handsome sons, Spencer and Walt, who were born one after another and left their family’s nest as soon as they turned 18. The young men were beckoned by the city lights and entertainment, and of course, life on the ranch couldn’t give them that opportunity.
In time, Walt and Spencer settled down and even had families and children. Unfortunately, Lloyd and Amanda Barnes would see their grandchildren a couple of times at most, and even then, only in pictures. As if ashamed of their provincial origins, the sons rarely visited their parents, and if they did, they did so only on some serious occasion, like, for example, selling the cattle after the death of their father or leasing land for pasture.
With her husband gone, Mrs. Barnes’s life came to a monotonous, hopeless rut. Despite her rapidly deteriorating health, the old woman labored to keep the……Read Full Story Here…,…
