"God Bless All Our Children," by Wanda Bruner
Butler, is a true story told as it happened and as
she lived it. These are the people who lived it,
with her, and helped make it all happen.
On the front row, left, is Little Doug, who, a few
years after this photo, wired his closet with a
speaker and a flash bulb that nearly gave Elvira
cardiac arrest.
Seated beside him on the floor, right, is Alan,
who hid a big, black, rubber spider in his bed,
knowing Elvira would find it when she changed
his sheets. Poor Elvira! It was his pig that
nearly ate Charlene, the one legged chicken.
Back Row , Cutis on Wes's lap, stood up and turned when he should have ducked and was hit in
the forehead with a stiffened paint brush, requiring some stitches. He was also one of the "Tree
house" kids.
Second from left, Wes took the children into fairyland and cut a beautiful Christmas Tree, and
he took the boys "night" fishing. He thought he was cornered by a rattlesnake the night he was
helping catch a prowler and Little Doug sent morse code through the walkie-talkie. Wes was
also the Apple pie maker of the family and the champion watermelon raiser.
Third from Left is Wanda Bruner Butler, who wrote this story, from notes and memory, from
so long ago. She also left her ham sandwich laying around for Kitty to eat while she watched.
She's the one who planted "dwarf" seeds in a watermelon raising contest.
Fourth from left is Sue, holding Carol. Sue remembered the big, beautiful snowflakes drifting
downward in the mountain fairyland. She, also fooled everyone, at age 12, by earning enough to
pay her half of a piano.
Carol, far right, complained that she had three brothers and no sister after Sue married. The day
the pig got out she rescued her one legged chicken, Charlene, who had only half a beak, from
being eaten by Alan's pig. ------editor