Testimonies of Healing

There is much truth in the Bible verse ( Prov. 22:6 ), "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Ever since I was little I had a speech problem—like if I was going to say "car" it would come out "cow. " I had problems with the sh sound and s , but r was the worst.

In the early years of their married life, both my parents were healed through Christian Science. My mother had always been considered delicate.

By the time our first child was born, I had already suffered for several years from a nervous condition of the stomach—a recurring reaction from having taken what was then termed a "wonder" medication for colds. A few months after the birth, the obstetrician prescribed a hormone drug.

At one point I was asked by a highly successful husband-and-wife dress-manufacturing team to go into business with them. I would be designing my own line of dresses and manufacturing them, and the couple would put up the money.

Recently, I had occasion to climb to the top of a small mountain on an island in San Francisco Bay. It was a clear day, and I had an unobstructed view of the whole area.

With deep gratitude I share two outstanding healings. In each case I had feared for my life but was fully sustained by God and restored to health through the power of prayer.

One day in 1975, during a brief period of residence in the United Arab Emirates, our family set out to visit a beach that friends had recommended. They had explained how to get there, adding that there were very few landmarks along the way.

When I first read the opening words of Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy ( p.

I had been married four years when I learned of Christian Science. At that time I felt that one child was enough for a couple; that it would be difficult to meet the expenses of a larger family.