Before They're Forgotten | The High Calling

Community Writing Project: Before They're Forgotten | The High Calling: "On visits to my grandma’s house, I would curl up on the wooden bench under the carport and listen as my aunts, uncles and older cousins told stories—family stories about people like Uncle Al, who worked at the Wrigley Chewing Gum factory in Chicago and brought home giant rolls of gum to share; Aunt Lynn, who made apple butter in a big kettle over an open fire in the back yard; and rich Cousin Johnny, who owned a restaurant on Wilshire Boulevard in Santa Monica where movie stars used to eat."

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