"It's an unusual story. Father was gone and Mother was dying from T.B., leaving my Grandmother Anna, who was older than dirt, trying to raise three little girls without two nickles to rub together. You see,1933 was right in the middle of the depression. We lived in Queens, NY, and let me tell you, times were hard. I was only five years old when the Fresh Air Fund's summer program had an unexpected opening. Those two weeks I spent in Delaware changed my life forever. Reliving that year now, going from NY to DE and back again, provided me an unexpected twist, for I discovered what I belived was a tragic and complex time, unfolded as a wonderful love story. How healing it was for me to see the beauty of my childhood looking back through the wisdom of these old adult eyes. You better have your tissues ready!" Eilleen Wharton Spence
