When I lost my husband, I also lost my home. My little daughter, then three years and three months old, had only partly recovered from a very severe attack of grippe, accompanied by pneumonia and whooping cough, while I myself was unable to get over the weakness caused by grippe and inflammation of the larynx. Thus I was compelled to leave the country which had been my home, and with my child I returned to my parents. There we had the best care possible. Everything the love of parents could do for their children was done for me and for my child. Yet, there was no improvement. The bad cough from which the child and I suffered did not yield; and my mental state grew worse every day. Nowhere could I find peace; I felt as if I were being driven by the furies.
I then decided to follow the urgent counsel of my doctor that the child and I go to South Germany. The physician there recommended that I place my daughter in a children's sanatorium, as, according to his diagnosis, the child had reached the end of her strength. After doing this I placed myself under medical care, for I was, I believed, about to have a total breakdown. Then divine Love led the way. I heard of the blessings of Christian Science; and after I had read a copy of Der Herold it at once became clear to me that Christian Science alone was able to free me from my difficulties.
Although I still had a bad cough, I put aside all material remedies; and soon afterwards I looked up a Christian Science practitioner, who showed me much love and kindness. I felt freer after the first treatment. With much surprise and astonishment I found that the horrible voices of confusion within me were silenced. I felt a precious sense of peace, and a wonderful quiet came over me. After a fortnight I was an entirely different person. Everything that had held me down was gone, and I was filled with an indescribable sense of happiness. There was also a considerable improvement in my general condition.
