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MAKING MOVES, FRIENDS AND FAMILY - GROWING UP

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MAKING MOVES, FRIENDS AND FAMILY      THERE WERE LOTS OF THINGS GOING ON IN MY EARLY YEARS.   1933 - 1944 WERE THE YEARS OF UNCERTAINTY FOR MANY.   Here I am at age 12, with Diane my sister, and Aunt Patricia who was happy to see us.   Pat was 18 then, and very much "like a sister" to me. She babysat me a lot.   This photo shows me at my Grampa's and Gramma's cabin at the lake in Cheshire MA.    I loved this place.   Only went there about five or six times, but it was a highlight for me to go there.   Peace, tranquility, lots of love shared, family coming and going, and love and laughter.   I do not remember any fighting or arguments in the family when we visited. Never a word of criticism for my parents, and never heard anyone out of sorts. strange. That was not what I found in the places we were in from time to time.  We moved and moved and moved.   Dad worked in construction ...