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# 4th of July 1953: Grace Seven
- URL: https://the-spartan-housewives-of-nova.ghost.io/4th-of-july-1953-grace-seven/
- Published: 2026-04-24T09:00:22.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-20T00:36:33.000Z
- Description: * Joy at the chance to go to the self-improvement seminar that could cure my addiction to gambling.
- Author: Gabriel Scheherazade
- Tags: Act 2, 7 Grace Seven, Housewives, Base Story

#### Content Warning

Religious guilt, Drug mention, segregation mention, gambling addiction

- Anger at Betty for her being angry I came late when I came at a perfectly reasonable time.
- Did not tell Betty that Polly and Diane were smoking *erba*[\[1\]](#fn1) in the poolhouse.
- Argued with Mr. Three over the ethics of using magic against Tom Yawkey but I think it's the only way.[\[2\]](#fn2)
- Joy at the chance to go to the self-improvement seminar that could cure my addiction to gambling.
- Guilt that I am not turning to the Church for help with my gambling.
- Point: Dr. Engelbert might be sent by God to help me.
- Counterpoint: Dr. Engelbert is Lutheran.
- Guilt that I am turning to a Lutheran for help.
- Annoyance at Virginia and Tony arguing over who gets the television again.
- Guilt that I wanted us to buy a television.
- Urge to find out how the Dodgers and Giants game ended.
- Point: Being in God’s creation might help me recover.
- Joy that I might be cured of my problems.
- God created scientists so that we could be cured of smallpox and polio.
- Childcare and Jerry’s[\[3\]](#fn3) fees will be paid for.
- Question: Should I go to this seminar? Hopefully the answer is yes.

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1. Italian for cannabis. [↩︎](#fnref1)
2. The Red Sox were the last team to intergrate and fans were taking matters into their own hands, though Boston's magic proved strong enough to resist until 1959\. [↩︎](#fnref2)
3. Geraldine Sevington, maid to the Seven family [↩︎](#fnref3)