When Darby was but 9 yrs old, he grabbed a moving train that took him off his feet to jog his little brain.
At grandma's house across the street a child goes out to play, then grabs a passing train to nearly die. Where was mom? Gone out to play? No village for kids thrown away!
Trains, cars, and all the wrong places, what is a mother to do? “If abortions could be retroactive”, my mother knew for sure, and she often joked about that subject, saying “I would not be here!”
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