Reflections at the end of Mother’s Day

How a family grows-

My grandmother and grandfather and my mother held by her grandfather on the right

with  my mother’s grandmother and great-grandmother seated-  Durand Illinois- my mother born in 1912

 

Marian Van Sickle in the middle with her brothers on either side  John(l) and Robert(r) with parents Judd and Charlotte Van Sickle

 

My brother David and sister Mary and me in our mother’s arms  Montclair NJ 1952

 

Me in Germany  1983 with Laura (’83) Mark (’76) and Matthew(’80)

 

On the left, Laura (and James) expecting first baby and Mark (back right) with his family- Erika, Anna, Michael, John Patrick (Jack) and Maura and my sister in the middle back and Erika with her mother and father and  aunts and cousins and Henry in the front.