Circle
By HELEN RHINEHART
Page 17 25 there was no warning. Icy roads, a car out of control, and in one instant of time Valetta lost both remaining children. Another fam ily lost their only son, a friend of Leon's who had come home with him for the weekend. Three young people — very special young peo ple. The car that hit theirs was driven by a young person, also, a groom of only a few hours, with his new bride. When a couple from the church went to visit the bride in the hospital, she told them, "I was hoping someone would come.
¡table and agonizing "Why?" Four times now in the Christian life of Valetta Steel the end of the string has appeared in her immed iate family. With her first son, Danny, and her husband, Henry, there was a little time to adjust to the translation from time to eter nity; a little time to prepare for a change in life-style; a little time to quiet the heart. Sometimes God warns us the circle is nearly closed, but at other times there is no ad vance notice. On the wintry day of February
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