TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements.................................................................................iv To My Family..........................................................................................v A Honeymoon that Lasted a Lifetime......................................................9 The House That Jack Built .....................................................................12 ALetterto My Friend............................................................................16 Mooney Descendants Came From Ireland.............................................22 How Lovers Meet..................................................................................26 The Local Blacksmith............................................................................29 The Yankees Came Home......................................................................31 Some Cousins Came to Visit..................................................................34 How Five Children Survived.................................................................36 Death Broke Our Hearts.........................................................................39 Ronald Maclsaac ....................................................................................43 Joseph and Mary Bell.............................................................................44 Life Must Go On....................................................................................48 Moving to the Country...........................................................................51 Teaching in a Rural School....................................................................54 Our First Born........................................................................................58 Five Other Children Join Us..................................................................60 i