Article July 24, 2000 Issue

A NEW MOTHER FINDS A NEW WAY

Edna Vernon Locke

In 1970, our daughter was born with a severe rash in the diaper area. Perhaps this doesn't sound like much, but after weeks of using every available medication with no results, it got to be quite a problem.

We had moved from the New England area of the United States to Christchurch, New Zealand, as a part of Operation Deep Freeze, which provides logistical support for the US National Science Foundation's Antarctic program. As the diaper rash persisted, I finally decided to take the advice of our local Plunket Society nurse. (The Plunket Society provides health services for children in New Zealand.) She highly recommended using cornstarch. After several more weeks of dusting the tiny bottom with what seemed like pounds of cornstarch, I was really desperate.

One morning as I was changing the baby's diaper, a kind neighbor came over. I told her the whole dreary story. When I finished, she very quietly told me that God had made the baby perfect and that I could see her that way. She visited with me a while longer.

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