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That’s seven of my parents’ nine children in 1965 with Brother Thomas, a family friend who was visiting. I’m on my brother’s shoulders on the right in the 1958 Volkswagen minibus. Here’s a happy...
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Becoming a mother at age 22 forever changed my life. The biggest shock was to think about someone else’s needs besides and before my own needs. Until then, it was pretty much all about me, me, me. Here...
View Article‘You’re fine just the way you are’& other gifts from Mom
The four girls in 1961. Do you like the bobbles on my hat? One of the most precious gifts my mother gave me and my three sisters was this simple statement: “You’re fine just how you are.” She shopped...
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Our family in 1962. I’m sitting on my father’s lap in this annual holiday photo tradition. No matter what your relationship with your mother, you will miss her when she dies.The ache is doubled if your...
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