The drywall photo

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Summer 1976. She 'just held it.'

1976Woodbridge, Ontario

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Seven months pregnant with Paul, on a ladder, holding a sheet of drywall over her head while Dad screws it in. She says she "just held it." Dad said she held up the whole house. Both true. She still points at that wall when anyone complains about being tired.

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October 2025 · Napa Valley Avenue, Woodbridge · Milestones

We told her it was a small dinner. Forty people hid in the garage. She walked in, looked at all of us, and said "there isn't enough food" — and then there was, somehow, because she'd made a lasagna "just in case" that morning. She'd known for a week. Teresa told her.

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The drywall photo

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