"For my husband's 69th birthday, I asked his older sister to drive me to the neighborhoods where they grew up. I photographed the grocery store, his schools, the churches he attended, the vacant lot where his childhood home once stood. I printed the photos and placed them in an album. My husband, a verbose storyteller, especially about his life growing up as one of nine siblings, was very surprised. Nola Nolen 74, Harmony, Pa."
"For my husband's 69th birthday, I asked his older sister to drive me to the neighborhoods where they grew up. I photographed the grocery store, his schools, the churches he attended, the vacant lot where his childhood home once stood. I printed the photos and placed them in an album. My husband, a verbose storyteller, especially about his life growing up as one of nine siblings, was very surprised. Nola Nolen 74, Harmony, Pa."
For her husband's 69th birthday, a wife arranged for his older sister to drive her through the neighborhoods where he and his siblings grew up. She photographed the grocery store, his schools, the churches he attended, and the vacant lot where his childhood home once stood. She printed the photographs and organized them into an album as a gift. Her husband, known for telling long stories about growing up as one of nine siblings, received the album with genuine surprise and reconnecting recognition of places tied to his childhood and family history.
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