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Day 26 - The Mills Girls

Day 26 - The Mills Girls
blueberries, Jan 26, 2018
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The Anne by Heather Joyce
Afternoon In The Park by Etc by Danyale

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There's no real story to tell, except this: They were coal-miners' daughters, and they were stronger than you can ever imagine. Raised Appalachian poor in the hollers of eastern Kentucky during the Depression—breakfast was biscuits and gravy made from flour, water, and grease. Dinner was pinto beans and cornbread if they were lucky. Christmas presents were corn husk dolls, maybe an orange if things were really good.

And yet they grew strong and determined. They fought everything they had to: the world, the system, each other, themselves. They stuck together like glue, even when a thousand miles separated them. You needed something, you called. You couldn't call? They'd show up anyway. They helped raise each other's children. They helped bury each other's husbands. They passed around quilts as often as recipes.

It was the last time they were all in the same room together. No one knew that at the time, of course, life rarely gives you hints about things like that. There was always talk of another trip, the one who never got closer than four hundred miles coming down to have one more reunion. Life got in the way, as it so often does. Health, troubles, timing, something always put it off.

There's just two of them now, the middle born girls standing on the left. The oldest and youngest died last year, within six weeks of each other. The ones left behind have trouble hearing phone conversations and writing letters but they still try. Neither one can travel now and it's all they can do while they wait for the time they can all be together again. Jewel Nadine, Mona Jeanette, Anna Catherine, and Joy Fay.
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    • Iowan
      What heartfelt journaling; I really enjoyed your reminiscences about the sisters and how close they were. Your antique papers are just perfect and the simplicity of the layout really lets you focus on the photo. Thanks for taking the heritage challenge!!
      Jan 26, 2018
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    • michelepixels
      Wonderful story-telling. I love the block design too.
      Jan 26, 2018
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