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Taking Baby Home
My mother wrote about where they lived after getting married and when I was born: We rented a one bedroom apt. in Falls Church – didn’t have much money, so only had necessary furniture. Daddy’s parents were dead set against us wasting money on rent and insisted we buy land and build a house. Bought…
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How My Parents Met
My mother sent me an email with this story of meeting my father for the first time. How I met your Daddy: When Pop Pop was stationed at the Navy annex in Arlington, we lived in South Arlington and I became friends with 2 sisters, Yvonne and Saphronia Sparks, that lived next door to us…
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My Name
I asked my mother how they chose my name and this is what she sent me: Pop Pop was Capt. of a patrol craft ship (PCS) in Key West 1947. Even though he was an officer (Ensign), Grandma Bobbie and he hung out at the “Chief’s Club†on the Navy base. They were more fun.…