When quite a young woman and a comparatively new student of Christian Science, I married. With this partnership I accepted the responsibility of being a stepmother to four small boys. In the short time that I had studied Christian Science prior to my marriage, I had found it to be a practical religion. So healing truths from the Bible and Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy now lifted the burden of a false sense of responsibility.
The greatest blessing came to the family when my husband decided that he wanted the boys to be enrolled in the Christian Science Sunday School. In addition, he began the study of the Bible Lessons in the Christian Science Quarterly, attended the church services, and later became a member of a branch church. This united us as a family in our efforts to understand God. It helped us to demonstrate His care and guidance in solving family problems.
The boys readily accepted the truth as taught in the Sunday School that God is Father-Mother, an ever-present help from which they could never be separated. They soon learned how to approach and solve many of their own problems. Bee and wasp stings, boils, toothaches, colds, and sprained ankles were some of the difficulties that they overcame quickly.
