Village Shepherd

I took the funeral of a 94 year old lady recently. She was a country person who had lived in this area for her entire life, and had been married to a farm labourer, so the two of them never had much money. During the course of the marriage (which lasted for 69 years - her husband died at the age of 93) they had ten children, all of whom are still living. But as well as bringing up ten children in a tiny farm cottage and on a farm labourer's wage, this lady took in huge amounts of washing and went fruit picking and potato picking and flax picking to make ends meet.