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catmom46

catmom46

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French Quarter said:
It's the tiny hats.

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Nah, it's their shades.

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Songbird76

Songbird76

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betty rose said:
DD lived with her current husband before she got married, I didn't think it was right, but thankfully I kept my mouth shut. I learned from my Mom, not to interfere. I'm so glad that this lesson wasn't lost on me. Things change, even if we don't approve of the changes. We know enough to let the kids make their own path. I'm glad all has worked out for our family, funny SIL was from Indiana too. We got along like we have been family forever. Mom was never accepting of In Laws, I understand now, as FIL was a very horrible person. Hit his son with his fists and hit him with a wrench. His Mom was wonderful, the sweetest person ever alive. I loved her, unlike my Mom. She was approachable and loving. She became my "Mom". We loved doing things together, when her husband passed. And had a very strong bond. I still remember her on her birthday, and say "hello" and I love you! I remember Mom too, but it's not the same. Funny how life turns out. It's all worked out wonderful for me. I had a very fun and loving Mom in my MIL.
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You know....I actually had a great bond with my mother up until I started dating the guy she didn't like and I think most of what she didn't like wasn't about him, but about the fact that I didn't let HER make the decision. But all the way through my childhood up until college, we had a great relationship. It drove me NUTS that she was so overprotective and too strict (grounding me for 3 weeks because I was 15 minutes late coming home ONE time and I had never ever been late before...I was 17), but I knew she loved me and that she was just scared. And of course I didn't like the double standard that my brother had so much more freedom than I did, but it wasn't until I became independent that it really got bad. My brother and I were at the same University, in the same dorm on the same floor. My mom came to visit us and found my brother not there and went to where he worked, where I happened to be hanging out, (it was a coffee shop) and I had left my mom a note on my door to tell her where we were. When she got there, I commented "Oh good, you got my note" and she replied that she hadn't even gone to my room...she didn't care whether or not she saw me, so when my brother wasn't home, she went straight to his work to see HIM. Then she handed a friend of mine a $5 bill and said very rudely "Go get me a coffee". I was embarrassed and hurt and angry...our relationship never quite recovered. Once I broke up with the boyfriend, it got a bit better, but I never trusted her and she never embraced and supported me like she had before, even though she loved my husband. I hadn't even been married a year when she died. I like to think that if she had lived, we'd have eventually built back a relationship, but I know she would not approve of how relaxed I am with my kids. I guess it just wasn't in the cards for us. But I love my MIL and we've had ups and downs, but we enjoy doing things together. We're going to a craft fair on Halloween....DD, my MIL, and me. Should be great fun! She fills the mother role for me now.
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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donaldtoo said:
Yep, totally unexpected, on the Allies part, winter Nazi counteroffensive. One carppy (HUGE understatement) Christmas and New Years for all involved.
And then they executed that large group of American POWs, and just left their corpses laying in the snow for our troops to find. Sick and sad, all the way around.

Don't know how you would obtain them, but, those records could tell a bit of an interesting story.
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You can get them with permission from next of kin if the person is deceased, or you can get them if the person has been out of the military for 62 years. You order them from the national archives. I have them from my great great great great grandfather, who served in the revolutionary war.
 
donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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Songbird76 said:
You can get them with permission from next of kin if the person is deceased, or you can get them if the person has been out of the military for 62 years. You order them from the national archives. I have them from my great great great great grandfather, who served in the revolutionary war.
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Cool!
It's been more than 70 years (I'm assuming he was discharged directly thereafter), so I would go ahead and do it.
More family history.
 
donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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