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LAMP LESSONS

This is a piece about the resilience and character of early Kensington residents.

Posted Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 5:59 pm ET|Updated Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 12:52 am ET

In the years immediately following World War II

Kensington Estates was built on the Peters family farm;

every morning before daybreak, Mr. Peter's would take his kerosene

lamp to feed and milk his dairy cattle in what is now my back yard; being very cautious and judicious of his surroundings and the animals

in his care. Nothing was taken for granted as he went about his early

morning and evening routines. Gathering fresh hay from his fields and

bringing in the herd from pasture land; tending to the needs of all

his animals and also those in his family. As they sat around table by

lamp light they gave thanks to their creator and sustainer for all which had been given in trust to them. Life was difficult in those early

years but by the lamp of faith and trust in their creator they thrived

for many years. As I drive by their fam house on Summit Avenue I wonder and marvel at the works and accomplishments of these early

Kensington pioneers.

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