Article April 10, 2006 Issue

a LIFE made NEW

BY PAT HICKEY

I HAD MARRIED VERY YOUNG, AND HAD MANY CHALLENGES. ALL MY CHILDREN had health problems. I had had a couple of operations for suspected cancer. This list went on and on and on. Everything was a big old mess. And I was mad at God—I didn't think He was doing a very good job with my life.

At that time I was a musician and played the organ. I was taking lessons from a man from New York City. Although he was not a Christian Scientist, he saw some of the difficulties that I was having, and told me, "You know, you really should look into Christian Science." He said there were a couple of books that would help me. He told me about Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, and particularly recommended two others she wrote, No and Yes and Retrospection and Introspection.

I went to the public library, and the librarian sent me to a Christian Science Reading Room, where I got all those books. After I put the children to bed, I sat there and started to read. I had to have a dictionary to help me because there were so many words I'd never even seen before.

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