And they say women gossip! Only those unaware of our family circumstances assumed I was an accident - only those who didn't know there'd been a little brother in between - the one who never reached his second birthday.
"Get her pregnant as quick as you can, Wal. That's my advice," our wise old family doctor told my Dad. He knew what the family were beginning to suspect - Mum could easily lose her mind with the grief she was holding tightly to herself.
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"Must be two. There's far too much movement for only one," Doctor said.
The likelihood of twins made her forgive and all but forget those sleepless nights when the rolling and stretching, punching and kicking seemed not to stop for hours on end - and when she had such severe facial neuralgia there was no choice but to have all her teeth removed.
Mum was in a state of ultimate bliss, often sharing with Dad her firm belief that one of those two would be another blue-eyed blonde boy... surely!
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A Meme-oir Anthology
Storie breviA collection of memes, tales and quotes I have collected in the last couple of years. Older ones have come from my 'A Miscellany of Meme-oirs' and 'Seeking Serendipity', now being combined and added to newly created works in this 'A Meme-oire Anthol...
