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FAMILY ROOM

n the November 1951 issue of Guideposts, ’s ( page 52) grandmother Leah Young wrote about her pride in seeing all 14 of her children graduate from high school and begin careers, despite the hardships that she and her husband, John, had faced. The following year, the American Mothers Virginia chapter named her the state’s Mother of the Year. “When I heard about the

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