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(Ruth
Bell ("Bunny") Graham)
 The
youngest of the Graham sisters, Ruth shares a life testimony
that is a little different from her siblings. Like her brothers
and sisters, Ruth began her faith at a very early age. She
never resented her father's absences, and she respected
him and what he did, knowing that he was important to so
many people. However, that knowledge made her self-conscious
sometimes, and when she transferred from a private to public
school when she was young, she felt that she didn't fit
in. At a revival she attended with her father when she was
11, she made a public acknowledgement of her faith.
At
age 18, she moved from her father's house to a marriage
with a dominating husband. Some years later, her marriage
fell apart and she found herself redefining her childhood
concepts of her theology. No longer feeling that she was
responsible for millions of people because of her lineage,
she found she could be more honest with God, people and
herself.
She
decided to return to college when she was 40, and graduated
from Mary Baldwin College with a BA in religion/communication.
Her parents supported her wholeheartedly, and her father
accompanied her to campus events. While she admits that
she still struggles with people's expectations of her because
she is a Graham, she reports that she now realizes she does
not have to meet those expectations. Ruth has four children and one grandchild.
In her speaking engagements and her writings, she has used
the trials of her first marriage to inspire adults, and
she speaks candidly of her early years to encourage Christian
growth.
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