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Mar 17Liked by Marji Chimes

Lewis. In honor/memory of my grandfather (father’s father) Louis Sumberg, who my father was allegedly “estranged from.” A longer story for another time… 😎

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Maybe so. My parents stopped at three girls. On the plus side, maybe I turned out to be the son my father expected. He took me everywhere and I think I had the most time with him....of all his girls. With him in his woodworking shop, on trips to the lumber yard, working on his model railroad layouts, assisting him as grill master for lots of parties in the large back yard, and working in the dirt with landscaping and gardens. Lots of skills that came in handy as I became an awesome woman who was not hung up on "finding a man." As it turned out, I was married a long time to the love of my life because we just did things together, every day and as long as he lived.

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For a long time I told everyone I had no middle name because it was a conjunction. That's the way I spelled it. And. I thought it tied the first name to the last name. I used it so rarely that it wasn't until time came to get a driver's license and Social Security card that I had to verify with a birth certificate. There was a middle name and it is Ann. Who knew?

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