A Look Back Paves a Path Forward

Oct. 7, 1918, was cloudy and cool in Wilmington, Ohio. Like most days, my great-great-grandmother, Lucy Cox, had chores to do. In her simple farm diary, more a record for bookkeeping than feelings, Lucy noted she patched sacks, her 12-year-old son, Ernest, drove the corn binder and two farmhands spent the day shucking corn. But … Continue reading A Look Back Paves a Path Forward