Alone in the Cold, She Dug a Tunnel Behind Her Cabin—Then the Worst Storm Proved Her Right

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• DU

  @DustRoadTales · 2 months ago · pinned

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• QU

  @QuietRiverFarmStories · 7 days ago

  Such a powerful story of human resilience. Adelaide is the embodiment of courage and wisdom. Thank you, Dust Road Tales, for sharing such a deeply moving life lesson

• LA

  @ladyginger1701 · 12 days ago

  I wonder if they built a wood shed that opened into the cabin so that no weather could reach it. &nbsp; Could work.

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• GR

  @GrandmaFarmerTales · 2 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7aenroaggA&amp;t=168">2:48</a> “The earth holds the warmth the way a nest holds the egg.” That wisdom from her grandmother stayed with me. Sometimes old knowledge is far ahead of modern assumptions. Which early quote was your favorite?

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• OL

  @OldAcreLegends · 2 months ago

  <b>*&quot;I love that Adelaide didn&apos;t survive because she was stronger than everyone else—she survived because she remembered something everyone else had forgotten. *&apos;I did not invent it. I remembered it.&apos;</b> That might be one of the most powerful lines I&apos;ve ever heard. ❤ Do you think you&apos;d have trusted your own idea when everyone around you said it would never work?**&quot;

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• GE

  @GentleFamer · 5 days ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7aenroaggA&amp;t=123">2:03</a>: “I am not a wife anymore. I am the woman who is going to live through this winter.” Adelaide’s courage and determination were incredible. She turned loneliness into survival. What would you have done in her situation?

• FR

  @FrontierMindset9x · 2 months ago

  The storytelling is incredible.

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• AL

  @AliliaAsta · 2 months ago

  I was very frustrated &nbsp;with the description &nbsp;of where the placement of the &quot;hatch&quot; and the cave she dug. It made no sense and ruined the story. Details matter.

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• TG

  @tgm2754 · 2 months ago

  Good story. Realistic.

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• DI

  @DianeDantzer · 2 months ago

  Why didn’t she put the wood in her cabin to keep dry?

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• NA

  @NaneeH63 · 1 month ago

  I can understand her being angry at her husband, but her terms, to me, were ridiculous. Yeah he could&apos;ve written, and she seems to have stopped loving him. &nbsp;Seems to me the content creator (AI probably) doesn&apos;t understand human nature.

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• SI

  @SingleMomRising · 9 days ago

  Beautifully written and wonderfully told. I loved every minute! 💝