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These pictures are going to require a bit more
of an introduction. The beautiful little lady with us is Terry's
half-sister! We discovered her last year when we came through
Columbus, but it was a very bad time. Barbara's husband of 58
years was very ill and he died not long afterward. Barbara had
absolutely no clue about Terry. In our seven years on the road we
have done a bit of genealogy here and there. Each time Terry has
added a piece to the puzzle that eventually brought her to Barbara's
doorstep. Terry never knew her father, but discovered that he had
been married before and had a family of 5 children. His first wife
died suddenly when their youngest child, a son, was 5 weeks old, and he
was not able to keep his family together. The boy was adopted at a
year old and the four girls all went elsewhere to live. We spent
one wonderful day getting to know each other. On Sunday, her
daughter Kristi drove up and we got to meet her as well. We've
added lots of friends along the way, but this is a new wrinkle! A
very nice one!
While we were in town, Terry visited the Ohio Historical Society and the Ohioana Library again. We also discovered COSI - billed as a Dynamic Hands-On Science Center. It would have been so much more fun with grandchildren in tow!!
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