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Category Archives: The Embroidery
Mother’s Day – May 10, 2009 – “The Embroidery”
Today was the 19th Mother’s Day since my mother’s death in 1990, at the age of 75. (In the photo at left, taken circa 1953, she was 37 yrs old.) The arc of her illness, from accurate diagnosis of malignant … Continue reading
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