Years ago my mother was healed of a chronic stomach condition. Like the woman's in the Bible, her condition was "nothing bettered, but rather grew worse" (Mark 5:26). The doctors said there was nothing more they could do for her. A friend recommended that she try Christian Science.
There were few Scientists in our mid-western town. One, however, was a practitioner. In great need my mother visited her. Within a week my mother was completely healed, joyously preparing and eating her family's favorite meals consisting of food sometimes considered hard to digest.
As a result of this healing my father began the study of Science and Health and other writings of Mrs. Eddy's and was quickly healed of cigar smoking. Thereafter both parents became members of The Mother Church and the local branch church, had class instruction, and actively served their church—my father a term as First Reader. At age two I was placed in the Sunday School and raised in Christian Science.
