Donna Fitzpatrick grew up in the small town of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. While working as a clerk at the Berkshire knitting mills, she married the junior partner of the company.

Terrell Michael O'Shannon worked at Suttons sawmill as a foreman and Colleen Bridgett Kelly was a governess for the Sutton children.

There they met and fell in love in a storybook romance and later a solid marriage.

Their aspirations to have a large farm and many sons to help them work it took an unexpected turn. They had three daughters, twins Lorna and Jenny, and six years later Sarah.

In time they ultimately accumulated many acres, but the extent of their farming ended up with a horse, a dog, some chickens and barn cats. Their lives were fulfilled and their joys were many through...