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Coventina

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7. Looking back on it, it is pretty amazing.

Reply to jmbar2 (Reply #6)

Thu Apr 3, 2025, 07:31 PM

Apr 2025

They really sheltered us from understanding how dire our circumstances were.
And, we were little, so didn't have a full understanding of the situation.

I do, however, remember a Christmas Eve, back in Seattle, when my mother found some money (a few loose bucks) frozen on the sidewalk and it really made a difference to our Christmas celebration!

A few bucks might not seem like much, but it was some Christmas candy for us!

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