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What Is The Matter With Me?

by Dorothy (Boorman) Kontz

28 pages; Saddle stitched; illustrated; catalogue #05-1150; ISBN 1-4120-6249-7; US$15.50, C$18.00, EUR12.50, £9.00

Being about a few of my experiences in a somewhat unusual, but happy childhood, this book is fun to read and also helpful. All ages should enjoy this book.

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About the Book

This book tells a few of my experiences in my somewhat unusual, but happy childhood. Our father was a lumberjack and farmer, our mother a homemaker, gardener, and Daddy's assistant in everything.

At that time in our lives we were still using horses in our farming, as did a few other families. so the horses are included in this book.

A few of our usual summer and fall experiences are included to show how we lived and how I was slowly going downhill over a long period of time. I had been getting more and more tired as the year progressed and knew I wasn't feeling normal, but I did not realize that I was really sick. Neither did my parents until it was almost too late.

Our village was small, but we had a modern, up-to date hospital and two EXCELLENT "country" doctors whose wives were nurses. Penicillin was quite new and we are sure that the new "miracle drug" is what saved me.

Children and their parents might find this helpful if they are sick, or have friends or family who are. This illness is looked at from a child's perspective; mine. Some of the events may remind the reader of their childhood experiences.

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About the Author

I was born in my paternal grandparents' log house and delivered by a "country doctor"  near the small village of Leonard in northern Minnesota.  I lived a good portion of my first six years in logging camps in the Loman and Littlefork areas, and from 6 until 19 years of age I was raised just south of the village of Littlefork, which is approximately 11 miles from the Canadian border.  That explains why I am still asked, by people who don't know me, if I am Canadian, but as the years go by my accent is vanishing.

I went to college in Moorhead, Minnesota and came down to Sioux City, Iowa for a summer job between my freshman and sophmore years in college.  A family friend, Gladys, helped me find a very good paying job for those days, and I decided not to return to school. She then helped me find a nice small apartment.

Just over one year later, I met a young man who was born and reared in South Dakota.  He was working near Sioux City at the time helping to put in Interstate 29. In nine months, lacking one day, after we met, we were married. My husband, James, and I have been married for 44 years this summer.

We live in the country where we have raised three children.  They are now married, and we have eight grandchildren and two step-grandchildren ranging in age from six months to 20 years. We are doubly fortunate that they all live within a few miles of us with the exception of our oldest granddaughter who is newly married and they are both in the military.

James and I are retired from jobs that we enjoyed and are busier than ever now. When did we ever find time to hold down full-time jobs???

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