Our Christmas Cabin

My husband always kept his promises, especially to me

by GINNY CURRY, Lancaster, Ohio

BEFORE HEADING to the hospital, I gazed out the living room window at the property surounding our home in Ohio. With its 10 acres of farmland, gardens and pioneer cabins, folks called it a “primitive wonderland.” Bill and I had rebuilt our lives here after a fire burned our former home to the ground. For 20 years we’d welcomed visitors interested in the early American way of life. We scoured New England for authentic log cabins, and Bill rebuilt them on the property to house things we offered for sale at Curry’s Antiques, such as crafts and linens. Now Bill lay in a hospital bed at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, his body ravaged by leukemia. I walked into his room, struggling to accept the inevitable. “Oh, Ginny,” Bill said in that gentle…

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The Joys Of Christmas (Digital) - 1 Issue, 2019

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