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just empty and void. I only heard of them but never
really met them until years later, because they never

came around.

I also believe she had twin brothers, Jacob and Joseph,

and two sisters, Aunt Lue and Aunt Lil, by her mother.

Then I met—when I had just come to Berryhill—a few
of them. A child was never sure who was a real uncle or

aunty. Very old men were called "Uncle," women were

"Aunty," but nobody told me anything, and I couldn’t
ask any questions. The older folks were called

"Grandma" or "Grandpa." So, as a child, I didn’t know
who a real family member was.

And so, it remained all my life.

There was this very old couple we called Grandma Dine

and Papa Wille. Everybody called them that. I was never

sure who they were. She could have been my
grandmother.

Guess I’ll never know.

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