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For fun!!!! Do you have a hero(es)? Who and why?
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<blockquote data-quote="AnnieO" data-source="post: 611137" data-attributes="member: 6705"><p>My Mom. Hands down.</p><p></p><p>The explanation isn't "fun" but...</p><p></p><p>My grandparents had 3 kids in a hurry - Mom, and her two brothers. Both her brothers died - the first at 4 days old, the second was stillborn. Mom was about a year old when her first brother was born, two when the second was delivered. So she knew about them but no memories. However... My Grandma, though she loved my Mom to distraction, was an addict and verbally abusive... I think she went a little crazy when she had to carry the second son till her body went into labor. I know that'd make me nuts. Grandpa was a WWII Marine and had been brought up that the women took care of the children, though he did an awful lot for my Mom that men "wouldn't". Now I have to admit, Grandma would've fit right in at the Hatter's Tea Party, but she did LOVE my Mom, and later Dad and I. And I know she would ADORE Belle, Pat and Rose.</p><p></p><p>BUT - growing up this way gave my Mom a spine of steel, a sense of justice and the need for hard work... And taught her that it is possible to love through devastation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AnnieO, post: 611137, member: 6705"] My Mom. Hands down. The explanation isn't "fun" but... My grandparents had 3 kids in a hurry - Mom, and her two brothers. Both her brothers died - the first at 4 days old, the second was stillborn. Mom was about a year old when her first brother was born, two when the second was delivered. So she knew about them but no memories. However... My Grandma, though she loved my Mom to distraction, was an addict and verbally abusive... I think she went a little crazy when she had to carry the second son till her body went into labor. I know that'd make me nuts. Grandpa was a WWII Marine and had been brought up that the women took care of the children, though he did an awful lot for my Mom that men "wouldn't". Now I have to admit, Grandma would've fit right in at the Hatter's Tea Party, but she did LOVE my Mom, and later Dad and I. And I know she would ADORE Belle, Pat and Rose. BUT - growing up this way gave my Mom a spine of steel, a sense of justice and the need for hard work... And taught her that it is possible to love through devastation. [/QUOTE]
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