I guess every time I read about a dedicated mother, I'm gonna cry. I certainly did this time.

She read the little local weekly newspaper from the headline to the last obituary on the last page. She read the town’s telephone book, the Montgomery Ward’s catalog (just before it was dedicated for use as toilet paper in the outhouse), the few Zane Grey westerns my father had read, all the O. Henry, de Maupassant, and Poe short stories and poems, and every book, magazine, and newspaper she could borrow from the nascent county library. She read to me not for hundreds but thousands of hours over my first few years.
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Katharine Valentino
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Oct 28, 2022
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I guess every time I read about a dedicated mother, I'm gonna cry. I certainly did this time.
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Written by Katharine Valentino
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Still trying for the words to help us do & feel good things. Owner of Reviews for Medium Featured Books. I write life stories & about politics / social issues.
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