My Mother’s “Morning with the Lord”

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Thursday November 15, 2007 · 10:24 AM PST

2007/11/15 · 10:24

My name is Kathy Selvage, and I live in Wise County, Virginia. As part of DevilsTower’s "30 days" series, I’d like to speak about what’s it like to live in a community where mountaintop removal occurs. 25% of all our land in Wise Co. has been destroyed by strip-mining and mountaintop removal. I hope you’ll also read part one of this account "Butterflies to Caterpillars".

This story is about a woman of deep faith and great strength (a mountain of a woman) - my mother.

She is 90 years old and has spent more years of her life getting to know this Lord than not. He has been the guiding force in my mother’s life and principles. She has advocated and taught those principles to others for a large portion of her life.

In the wintertime, she sits in a chair by the window in the early morning, curtains pushed back, sunlight perhaps shining through, with her Bible and her coffee

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Monday November 12, 2007 · 10:10 AM PST

2007/11/12 · 10:10

My name is Kathy Selvage, and I live in Wise County, Virginia. I am blogging for the first time as part of DevilsTower’s "30 days to save the mountains" series. He has asked me to come and speak a little bit about what’s it like to live in a community where MTR and other radical forms of strip mining occur.

25% of all our land in Wise County has been destroyed by strip-mining and mountaintop removal. So, it’s very difficult to describe but I’ll try to tell you briefly some of the ways it affects our daily lives, families, and our communities here. I'd also like to share some ways you might be able to help.

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