Life in the Valley

"Too bad it's another girl," were the first words Laura's father spoke as he looked into the face of the tiny newborn in her mother's arms."

Born into a devout German Catholic family in the 1950s, the eighth of eleven children, Laura's early years were filled with outdoor fun and hard work on their large Texas farm. At the age of six years Laura learned how to drive the family's old farm truck and at four o'clock every morning she'd head out to the far reaches of the ranch to wake up the cow...