Credit

Credit cards weren’t new, but Aunt Ellen didn’t have one. She acquired her first for a trip to England, assured by her banker that credit cards were as safe as the ocean liner itself. Her children gave her a small image of St. Christopher, patron saint of travelers. St. Christopher was lovingly tucked into her wallet next to her new credit card. Who knew St. Christopher was magnetized? Aunt Ellen learned a few things about magnets and credit cards … and about the hospitality of strangers in a distant land who, in her distress, saw to her needs … a splendid trip!

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