http://thestory.org/special-features/your-stories/022007_Linda_Powell.mp3 Plone 2.0 http://thestory.org/special-features/your-stories/022007_Linda_Powell.mp3/logo.jpg http://thestory.org/special-features/your-stories/022007_Linda_Powell.mp3 <h4>Your Story - LINDA POWELL</h4><p class="imageleft"><img class="image-left" src="resolveuid/5df27cec25251acedfb21ada7c8825f0" alt="Linda Powell" />Linda Powell</p><p>Linda Powell wrote to us about a moment which she says changed her life. She was living in a small town in Alaska. She was newly single, living away from her family, her children and her friends. She was about to turn 50 and felt invisible. She got depressed. But when she visited an elderly aunt, she discovered that her ancestors were among the original colonists, that they crossed America in wagon trains and served in two world wars.</p><blockquote><p>It gave me a different perspective because I realized I came from strong stuff.  And I also thought they have come so far, I'm not going to drop the ball.  Obviously, my little problems in life are not nearly as difficult as [what] these other folks went through.<br />-Linda Powell</p></blockquote> Tue, 20 Feb 2007 05:00:00