present @ 9 months prior to arriving October 2, 1968
1 - here loved, welcomed
2 - here temporary leg-hip brace, special shoes with screws, love moving fast
3 - here family moves north, toast and coffee, nursery school
4 - here dogwood blossoms, twirling in a navy blue, pleated skirt
5 - here childhood friends, royal blue velvet square, swing
6 - here work slowly at school, reading group
7 - here speech therapy, chicks incubate in classroom, I memorize Psalm 8
8 - here Tammy goes to heaven, piano lessons, school book club
9 - here speech therapy, gymnastics, roller skating, long summer days
10 - here piano lessons, dressing up, playing with makeup, singing
11 - here summer speech therapy with 11 adult men; we give speeches to summer school students at Mauldin High School
12 - here draw
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19 - here marry
20 - here first child in arms
21 - here second child in arms
22 - here surgery
23 - here find handwritten poem in nightstand drawer and wonder who put it there. It takes several days to realize it's my poem and my handwriting.
24 - here surgery
25 - here pursue writing course from home but do not complete course
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28 - here major depression
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32 - here summer, travel overseas
33 - here The Gardener's Gold Ring is published
34 - here Bible, Holy Spirit, Renewal
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38 - here summer, travel overseas with husband and children
39 - here Father Bopp dies of Alzheimer's disease
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42 - here trusting Christ
43 - here today, around this time of night