by Pa Rock
Proud Papa
My daughter, Molly Files, was born forty-nine years ago today at what was then the almost new Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. She grew up in a variety of small towns in the Midwest and moved to Arizona as a young adult where she lived on her own for several years, eventually marrying and having her first child there. She and her young family migrated to Salem, Oregon, eighteen years ago where they still reside. Today she is a very active parent of three teenagers
Molly was born with little red curls, which my mother loved, but today her hair is long and black. It's funny how some people age!
Due to the distance between where we live, Molly and I only get to see each other once or twice a year. I drove to Oregon in June of this year to visit Molly and her family - and had a very nice time, and then a few weeks ago I received an email telling me that she would be back in Missouri for Thanksgiving - and she and two of her kids came to West Plains to spend a day of their all-too-brief trip. That was a very nice surprise!
Molly, I hope you are having a great day and have been able to do something really special for yourself. I think about you every day and will see you in the spring.
Happy 49th birthday!
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