I really can't
wait to share some of the stories from my great grandfather's autobiographical
account of the 40 or so years he spent as a Sunday School Missionary in the
Wild West and preacher at the beginning of the 20th century! His book was
originally titled Kingdom Stories, but I have since begun republishing it to be
released under the name, Frontier Stories.
One chapter in the
book is titled "Saved by my Glasses." In it, a thrilled but shaken
Garrett Albertson tells of how an emotional lady recounted to him how she had,
moments before welcoming him into her home, stood at her door was ready to fire
her gun at him! She had initially mistaken my great grandfather for someone
else. She then suddenly noticed his glasses that flashed in the sun, and
realized he was not the person she thought he was!
How thrilled I was
a few months ago when my "Uncle Mackey" told me he had a pair of
glasses (shown) in my great grandfather's things he had retrieved after his
funeral in 1952. Of course, I can't be sure THOSE were the glasses; but I decided
to publish the photo next to the aforementioned chapter inquiring whether these
MIGHT just be the very glasses that saved my great grandfather's life. I'll
never know for sure.
Blessings,
Andy
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