Living requires Courage! There are two types of Courage, physical and moral. Strive daily tolive by traditional values/virtues with a generous ‘dose’ of Faith and Hope, and Humor. Physical courage will follow as needed.

For Mae Hamilton life began in 1928 on a remote Homestead ranch in northern Douglas County. Education began in Mansfield with seven or eight classmates. High school began with transfer to a boarding school in Spokane and ended with graduation from Wenatchee High School. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington State College (not yet a University). Over the span of the next sixty seven years employment varied: from U. S. Corps of Engineers, supervisory positions in retail and wholesale firms; Housewife; North Central Regional Library (as one of two employees in the fledgling Mail Order Department); Owner/operator of small retail fabric shop in Leavenworth, and lastly, a long career in Real Estate, representing properties from Stevens pass to Wenatchee. Mae retired at 90 years old.