Today - the day after my youngest son's birthday - is my mother's birthday.
Here she is, with her mother and older sister, in a picture taken a few months after they arrived in Canada (in December 1928). In this picture, she was 9 years old (the same age as my granddaughter!)
The family lived near Edmonton for many years. Ten years after arriving in Canada with no knowledge of English - she completed one year's training at "Normal School" in Edmonton - then left home... to head up north, to Alberta's "Peace River Country," to teach in a one-room country school!
I think she showed a lot of courage and "gumption" to do that! But she was very happy - living her dream of beng a teacher.
Eventually, in her 60's, she was sad to retire and give up that connection she had with all the young people she taught.
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