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    The Journey
    The Journey
    The Journey
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    The Journey

    By Gail Earl

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    This story tells of a family whose lives were ordinary and extraordinary at the same time. It is about the very unusual set of circumstances that highlighted the joy and pain of living and dying. It is about a family keeping promises and living the lessons that were taught. This is the true story of my mothers journey into Heaven and how she took us with her.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateJan 16, 2013
    ISBN9781481703598
    The Journey
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    Gail Earl

    Gail grew up in the 50's and 60's in Detroit Michigan. In 1968 she moved to sunny California with her family. She is married to her high school sweetheart and has two children and five grandchildren. This family story is one that she felt needed to be shared.

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      The Journey - Gail Earl

      The Journey

      Gail Earl

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      To Don, Sharon and Jan, for all the hugs that made this Journey possible. Those hugs will warm my heart forever!

      Jan thought that if we could prop her up, her breathing wouldn’t be so difficult. Jan climbed up onto the bed and got behind her as Sharon and I pulled her arms forward to sit her up. Jan buried her tummy in moms back. We positioned her head on Jan’s chest and proceeded to tell her again how much she is loved. As our tears poured, we told her what a wonderful mother she had always been. We once again told her to kiss daddy for us when she saw him. In the next moment, she took her very last breath and was gone forever.

      The years leading up to this moment were exceptionally happy ones.

      The circumstances that brought mom and dad together in the first place were quite extraordinary. In 1943 dad enlisted in the Marines. Mom graduated high school in 1944 and left her family and went to the U.S. Nurses Corp. Nursing was a highly respected profession. The need for nurses was so high at that time because of all the soldiers returning home after being wounded in the war. They both absolutely loved what they were doing. Patriotism was very high in the country at that time. Everyone was doing his or her part in the war effort. After a short time dad was sent to Iwo Jima to fight the war. He was severely wounded in both the knee and shoulder. They weren’t sure if they would be able to save the leg. Dad spent over one year in the hospital in Hawaii recovering and then rehabbing. He was finally able to try to learn to walk again by wearing a long leg brace. It was a heavy metal contraption built onto his shoe and held in place with leather straps and buckles. It was a very difficult year for dad. I suppose because he was so involved with the study of braces that it became a natural interest for him. As a part of his rehab he was entered into a program teaching new skills and preparing for a career. This is how his life long career in Orthopedics came to be.

      One day, shortly after returning to his home town, a double blind date was set for dad to meet a young lady. It was a U.S.O. dance. Dad was to be pared up with mom’s girlfriend and mom was to be pared up with dad’s friend. Well, the minute they all met, it was clear that mom and dad was a better match. They had a wonderful time at the dance and one week later, dad proposed marriage to mom. He was a man of conviction and knew which direction he wanted to take in life. They had an immediate connection and I suppose they knew love at first sight. Of course both families were not so thrilled. Both sides of the family made it very clear that they would not accept the other person. There were huge religious differences between the families. Dad’s family could not accept that. In those days, that was a very big issue. Mom’s family was afraid for mom’s future because dad was considered crippled at that time. He wore a brace on his leg and walked with a limp. Her family was afraid that he would not be able to provide for her properly. Besides the fact that they had just met, there were plenty of things that gave each family pause. They tried to convince each family that they were truly in love and wanted to spend the rest of their lives together. With sadness, and to try and make the families happy, they postponed the marriage and agreed to just be engaged for the time being. A month later they were married. I guess they saw no reason to wait any longer. They had a beautiful little wedding in mom’s church hall. All the ladies of the church donated their time and services and set everything up for a lovely reception. They had cake and coffee. It didn’t take very long for the families on both sides to see the love they shared.

      They moved into government housing in Detroit Michigan and started making a family of their own. A year after they were married, they had a son that they named Don. Thirteen months later along came Sharon. Two years passed and Gail was born. Three years later Jan was born and their family was complete.

      It was not easy for them. The economy was bad and they had four small children to raise. The lessons on how to live your life started immediately for us kids. It was a very loving household. Together mom and dad figured out how to completely work as a team when it came to bringing up children. Love and respect was the order of each day. Mom had a way of making the children all work as a team as well as understanding that we were a team. Dad shared tenderness and taught us the importance of it. We led a life that I would now consider as, ordinary and extraordinary at the same time. We were all taught values daily. We were given the basics on good strong family life and practiced those rules. All of the rules we were taught were shown by example.

      In 1958 we moved to the suburbs of Detroit. We ended up in a brand new sub-division in Warren. Dad was working for an orthopedic company and mom was working as a nurse in a neighborhood family practice. We had housekeepers and babysitters while they worked. Dad drove not only us, to catholic school, but a few of our friends as well.

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