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Dad had custody and moved us to Missouri, she had remarried and stayed in Florida. I was a couple of months shy of being 15. It was hard being so far apart.

I imagine it would have been! At that age, too. How long were you in Missouri?
Your writings about your mother are often very lovely, as are these.

Thank you, she was a good woman.
It was 7 years before I moved back to Florida.