Christine Duval moved to Austin to be near her daughter, she’s a retired nurse who worked in ICU and ER, she sings in church and plays the flute.
Recent Stories
The Rock That Swallows Mothers(Illustration courtesy of esplanade.com) When I was a […]
Constantly by Cliff Richard or How I Learned English
Bucktooth(image courtesy of Vintage Everyday) When my mother […]
Chapter 4. Challenges and CelebrationsThose times were BP, Before Penicillin, and there were a number of serious childhood illnesses, which were expected for most children, like rites of passage. I only know from being told that my first severe illness, which had to have included some pain, was a kidney infection when I was just a baby. I don’t know how this was treated, but the after-effects would follow me into my teens due to my mother’s lifelong concern for my plumbing […]
Chapter 3. Coping With Change1943 – The shelves in German stores may have […]