A hundred years is impressive! My second mother was a nurse whose husband was killed at Iwo Jima and she lived to 99. She was very sharp until the end (1921-2020) and ended up raising 11 children. My birth mother died when I was barely 2 and left 4 children just as my father had returned from New Jersey and his dream of being a professional scouter. It was not until 4 years later that my father found my second mother who had 2 girls. It is really an amazing story how our combined family fared on a scout executive’s rather meager salary.
A hundred years is impressive! My second mother was a nurse whose husband was killed at Iwo Jima and she lived to 99. She was very sharp until the end (1921-2020) and ended up raising 11 children. My birth mother died when I was barely 2 and left 4 children just as my father had returned from New Jersey and his dream of being a professional scouter. It was not until 4 years later that my father found my second mother who had 2 girls. It is really an amazing story how our combined family fared on a scout executive’s rather meager salary.
Thanks, Greg. You were blessed, despite early losses, with birth mother and second mother.
With aloha - Jim