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Blackberry Days And Stormy Nights
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Ray and Laura Lasher’s Foster Home nestled deep in the Catskill Mountains in Westkill, New York, far away from my family. I lived with the Lashers from May 1965 until November 1966. It was the happiest time of my childhood. I loved Ray and Laura and I know they loved me. The happiest times of my youth were spent with them.
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I attended Hunter Tannersville High School and was on the honor roll the entire time.
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Ray and Laura were good parents. Their house was always orderly. They fed us well. They taught us a lot. They were very wise. They taught me to believe in myself. The Lashers had a big garden that extended from the garage to the creek. It provided every vegetable and much of the fruit that went onto our table. They had a berry house, completely screened in, to keep the birds from stealing raspberries. Each girl had some gardening chores. I liked picking peas in my bare feet, in the early morning dew. In the hottest part of the day they would send us children to the creek for a swim. In the evening we sat on the back porch, preparing vegetables or fruit for canning, and singing hymns or talking.
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On the fourth of July, we went blackberry picking on Beech Ridge, and had a delicious blackberry cobbler.
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Laura was a 4H leader. She taught me to sew and
sent my work to the county fair, where I won lots of blue ribbons. I wish she could see the woman
I’ve become and the kind of work I am producing now. I’d like to show her the Eskimo Ceremonial Robe I made in 1994. I wish she knew that, without her, I wouldn’t be the woman I am.
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I’d like to thank her.
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Thanks for spreading positivity!
June 19, 2006
June 19, 2006