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stands. She told stories about

growing up there as we drove slowly

by. She didn’t want to hurry, and

indeed, even though I had a lot to do,

I was willing to take even more time.

But Mom was getting tired and

needed some rest, so we finally

headed home.

On the way home, Mom said very

little. Some of the family were

asleep, but she wasn’t, and looking in

the mirror, I could see she was deep

in reminiscent thought. She had

worked hard all her life, helped many

people, and had ten children and

raised nine of them. Life had