St. Germaine Cousin Research Paper

St. Germaine Cousin was born with a deformed and paralyzed right arm, and a disease called, Scrofula.This is a type of tuberculosis which affects the neck. In this case it also made her cheeks and neck look deformed, and not pleasant to look at. Sometimes, she suffered from swelling and open, runny sores. No one knew who her parents were. Laurent Cousin may have been her father's name, but no one knows for sure. She might also have been left at the doorstep as a baby, maybe because of her deformities, or she might have been the child of Laurent’s wife who died of tan illness when Germaine was a baby.

Whatever happened, he never cared about her. He remarried, and his new wife hated Germaine, maybe because the father didn’t either. She treated Germaine really bad. She was kept away from her step brothers and step sisters, or step family, whatever they were. She was only allowed to sleep in the barn, and never allowed to be in the house. She lived in old dirty clothing, and never had a pair of shoes. She ate the stale bread and water which was left for her at the barns front door, every day. She had to to make a giant pile of wool look perfect,which was an impossible task, because of her deformities. But God helped her.
She was beaten for many reasons, and many times she was beaten for no reason. The mood of the step-mother usually indicated how badly she would be beaten. The local neighbors could see scratches and bruises on her hands and face. There were also bruises on, her back, her legs and