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"The focus now is on children. Before, the older people were respected, it was always whatever Grandma and Grandpa said goes. If you asked your mom for a glass of water and she said no, but Grandma said yes, everyone listens to Grandma. It used to be that when people got older, you take care of them, but now they get pushed into nursing homes."

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“You only have one good friend in your life usually.”

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"I think it's crazy that you can't expect kids to go into worship service and be still. It’s not that they can't, it's that we don't expect them to."

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"People used to gather together after church on Sundays. People wouldn't be on their phones. It seems like we don’t have any patience any more, we can't just sit and wait. We can't just be. Thats one thing I appreciate about my Catholic school upbringing, they had mass for each grade a certain day of the week. On Friday, a regular sermon for adults was held. I learned how to entertain myself. I can ride along in the car for a long time and it doesn't bother me."

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This was one of the places Miss Beth worked in Awana (for a total of 10 years). She was actually baptized in her Awana uniform.

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"The song talks about picking yourself up, it was when we were selling our house in Tucson Estates, with beautiful flowers, (one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do). Before my husband passed, I told him to not worry about me, don’t stay here because of me, I told him to run to Jesus. I told him everything was going to be okay. To have to walk away from it was hard. That song meant a lot to me right then even though it was sad. It said 'you gotta turn the other way now."'

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"Tell Your Heart To Beat Again" - Danny Gokey (Lyrics)

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"In the little town I grew up in, my mom used to make me a little sack lunch, a bologna sandwich wrapped in wax paper, I still remember the smell."

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A funny memory: "One day, Larry got up and he couldn’t find one of his slippers. He’s looking everywhere, I’m looking everywhere, 20 minutes, I look down and I was wearing his slippers. Neither one of us noticed it."

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"When Larry and I got married it was our special verse on our wedding candle."

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Miss Beth knew an older couple that used to say, “Stay away from even the appearance of evil.”

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Miss Beth worked at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum for 17 years. She was a reservations coordinator for school groups, adult classes, and trips.

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One of the jobs Miss Beth had was babysitting kids at the YMCA while parents used the gym.

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This is where Miss Beth got her Associate's Degree in Administrative and Applied Science. She finished in 2008, graduated in 2009, and it took 10 years. "First, I started with computer classes, then the more I took, 'I thought well I’ll just keep going.' I took a few classes, got a certificate and moved on to the next."

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"Your desk had to be lined up with the tile, everyone had the same thing in their desk, we had desk inspections. If one of the other adults walked in, the whole class would stand up and say good morning, they taught us respect."

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"Lollipop wrappers would come with a 'coupon' on the inside that would give you something for free if you had so many wrappers, sometimes they gave away baby turtles."

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Where Miss Beth was born and raised

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"The Scholastic book catalog would have books for $2.75 each, and my mom would buy every one."

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"Definitely a favorite childhood book because I love dogs."

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"We were working up at the KOA in Flagstaff, and my first husband took the dog for a walk. I saw a plane go through a building on the news. All anybody wanted to do in the campground was to go home, go to where their family was at because we didn’t know what would happen."

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This was a memorable event for everyone. "When it was in china, I thought the US wouldn’t let it get here, but it did and I had to cancel a mission trip to Kenya. They wouldn’t let any Americans in because Kenya was covid free at that time. An american did end up getting through the border and that’s when they really shut it down."

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"Psalm 139 is special to me because it really explains how much God loves us. I always put it in Birthday cards. He’s known us long before we were ever born. When my Dad passed away, I read it to him."

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Bible Gateway passage: Psalm 139 - King James Version

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O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. Thou…

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When she was a kid, because she had so many books, Miss Beth would put cards in them and lend them to neighborhood kids like a librarian.

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“Always remember that god gives his best to those that look to him, so always be looking to him before you do anything.”

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"My mom sent me to the park blocks and blocks away, she didn’t worry about me. Now my own husband won’t let me go to the grocery store because you don’t know who's out there."