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A Memorial Day Love Story

May 24, 2015 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 24 Comments

Because my mother is no longer alive to ask, I try to imagine the emotions that would have been swirling through her mind as she entered Penn Station on an unknown day in early January of 1944—fear, excitement—surely she must have experienced both. It was cold then, temperatures hovered around 27 degrees—and although I don’t […]

Filed Under: Grief Tagged With: Love Story, Memorial Day, WASP, WWII

The Magic Hat, A Love Story

Nov 14, 2014 By elinwaldal 49 Comments

Stories. Every family has them. My family’s story began with my parents both on skis. Legend has it they were at the top-turn-of-the-nose-dive in Stowe, Vermont when they met, the year was 1950. Once home, my mother, along with the yarn, cast her spell of love onto the needles she used to knit a long stocking hat for […]

Filed Under: Death of a Parent, Marriage, NaBloPoMo Nov 14 Tagged With: Love Story, The 1950's

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