Tag: family
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YEAR ONE TO THIRTY-ONE
Year 1 (1993)- The year of AIR- rich with many things but ultimately invisible. There are memories that remain. Year 2- WATER- same thing, but a lot more was happening. I was establishing my core self. Eating, walking, and talking. Year 3- RED- I think I had my earliest memory. It was a nightmare about…
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Names
What’s in a name? Nelligan, Forani, Couteau, Van Landschoot. These four last names came together and were cancelled out based on to which male held which name. My grandmother’s father held the last name Nelligan, but he had a daughter, thus the last name would not survive a marriage. It fell to Forani, my grandfather’s…
