▁te en age ▁years ▁were ▁relatively ▁fra ug ht - free . ▁F ash ions ▁came ▁and ▁went . ▁Boy fri ends ▁came ▁and ▁went . ▁There ▁were ▁tears ▁and ▁sad ness , ▁happiness ▁and ▁ful fill ment . ▁And ▁not ▁very ▁many ▁free ▁moments ▁for ▁husband ▁and ▁wife . ▁When ▁her ▁father ▁died , ▁her ▁mother ▁came ▁to ▁stay ▁so ▁the ▁house ▁was ▁even ▁full er . ▁The ▁dog ▁died , ▁a ▁st ray ▁was ▁adopted , ▁and ▁a ▁du ck ▁was ▁adopted . ▁L ame ▁birds , ▁a ▁l ame ▁mouse , ▁all ▁came ▁and ▁went . ▁There ▁were ▁ 1 0 1 ▁temporary ▁jobs ▁to ▁help ▁make ▁ends ▁meet ▁and ▁so ▁that ▁Emma ▁could ▁always ▁be ▁home ▁for ▁the ▁children ▁after ▁school , ▁always ▁have ▁the ▁school ▁hol id ays ▁off . ▁She ▁delivered ▁leaf lets , ▁m ended ▁sheets ▁in ▁a ▁la und ry , ▁and ▁worked ▁in ▁an ▁air ▁rif le ▁pel let ▁factory . ▁She ▁worked ▁for ▁newsp apers , ▁taking ▁down ▁copy ▁from ▁rep or ters ; ▁taking ▁dict ation ▁in ▁pub s ▁when ▁no ▁one ▁was ▁so ber ▁enough ▁to ▁talk ▁let ▁alone ▁dict ate . ▁In sur ance ▁offices , ▁banks , ▁car ▁show rooms , ▁even ▁a ▁conj ur or . ▁Her ▁last ▁job , ▁before ▁she ▁gave ▁it ▁up ▁to ▁purs ue ▁her ▁writing , ▁was ▁as ▁secretary ▁to ▁the ▁chairman ▁of ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁companies . ▁She ▁went ▁as ▁a ▁temp , ▁and ▁remained ▁by ▁default ▁because ▁they ▁couldn ' t