When I was six years old, my mother was told about Christian Science by a woman she met while we were staying in a seaside guesthouse. Very soon thereafter I was enrolled in a Christian Science Sunday School, and my mother threw her considerable collection of medicines in the dustbin. At the time, my parents' marriage had recently broken up, and my mother and I had had to leave our home and live with my grandmother. But through Mother's study of Science she regained health, home, and a more spiritual sense of supply; over the years, all our needs were met.
Since that time Christian Science has been my only physician. In the Sunday School I learned that our real Father and Mother is God, so I never had any sense of being a one-parent child. So-called childhood diseases, sprained ankles, colds, and injuries from falls were all healed through this wonderful Science which our Leader, Mrs. Eddy, discovered and gave to the world. As well as healing, the study of Christian Science also brought me protection. During two and a half years in the Women's Royal Naval Service during the Second World War, I did not once have to report sick or miss a day from duty.
I am particularly grateful for a recent healing, which occurred during the time I was serving a three-year term as First Reader in my branch Church of Christ, Scientist. Toward the end of the second year, a very unsightly skin condition appeared that soon covered almost my entire body. Although there was much soreness and irritation and I had disturbed nights, each day I felt rested and sustained by the prayerful work that was being done—both by me and by the Christian Science practitioner who was praying for me. I was able to carry out my duties as First Reader throughout the several weeks I had this problem. Also, since my face was not affected, only my husband and the practitioner, as far as I know, were aware of the situation.
