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Old 05-09-2014, 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by HealingWillCome View Post
She, with her three very young sons in the late 1800s, fled her husband, my abusive, narcissistic, alcoholic great-great grandfather. They traveled all the way from New York to California to escape him and to be with her parents. She died a short time later after never fully recovering from injuries she sustained after he threw her from a second-story window.
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Wow.

Thanks for sharing that. Just thinking about the sacrifices of women like this makes Mother's Day a bit more special.
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