Caroline Gutzman recounts growing up in Marquette, Michigan, going to J.D. Pierce School, marrying, and moving to rural Marquette County near Green Garden. She narrates her eighteen years working in the grocery business. She explains her jobs in the stores and how technology changed the business. Caroline Gutzman, her husband David, and three daughters also worked the land to supplement their income. She recalls potato farming, raising turkeys, baling hay, Christmas tree farming, and other farm necessities. She was and remains active in the local Baptist Church and explains her volunteer work and community outreach.