The Jack Miller Archive

Returning again to San Francisco, we needed a place to live. This was in 1951 when rent control was still in effect. Some people in our small church were having trouble with their landlord over rent control and didn’t want to live in their house until the matter was settled. It was a beautiful old seven-bedroom house near the Twin Peaks tunnel. I loved it. They offered it to us for twenty-two dollars a month. We still had no car, no insurance, no bank account, no savings, and no phone. But I was content.

Ruth was born in March 1952. Now I had two little ones to care for in this big, beautiful house. It was a happy time. Jack was still going to school. I had no washer so I boiled all the diapers. We had a small icebox and, when we could afford it, a block of ice was delivered. My food budget was ten dollars a week. That year we did not return to Oregon, but after two years we had to move because the rent control problems were settled. But where would we go? Two days before we had to move, someone in our church offered us a three-bedroom apartment for thirty dollars a week. Here Paul was born, and Jack finished university. I was content.

Miller, Rose Marie . NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD (Kindle Locations 3359-3374). New Growth Press. Kindle Edition.