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which meant the snow was so heavy and the wind so
strong that it was hard to see where you were driving.

One evening, my very smart husband suggested we go
check it out. So, we drove up Keele Street until there

was only farmland. The wind was blowing, and the

snow was blinding. Cars were slipping and sliding. We
carefully turned around and came back, promising never

to do that again.

I started to get some disturbing news from home in the

country, where my little girl was staying with my

stepfather and his wife. She had become a teenager and
was giving a lot of trouble. They were coping well until

my stepfather’s wife, by this time, was losing her mind.
So, I had to ask someone to get my daughter, who was

still living with them.

With a lot of help from one of my brothers, he got all
the necessary papers and her passport, put her on a

plane, and sent her over to Canada to be with me. She
thought she would spend time with her uncle. Like I said

before, she didn’t know me by face. So, when she found
herself in Canada with people she didn’t know, she was

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