Eleanor Deckert
As a child in the 1960s, my biggest and happiest influences were:• living in the mountains of Colorado • experiencing Brownies and Girl Scouts• Laura Ingalls Wilder’s’Little House’ books• Helen Keller and her teacher,Annie Sullivan• caring for my baby sister• creative expression in dance class • going to Sunday SchoolIn 1978, as newlyweds, my husband, Kevin, and I set out for the wilds of Canada intending to live the ’Back-to-the- Land’ homesteading lifestyle in the tiny log cabin we built before winter set in.The cold, darkness and silence were crushing. The isolation brought intense loneliness.Could I somehow overcome the Limitations and seek Possibilities?Volunteering was the key to open the doors.