On that Day We Lost JFK

I was that young mother calming our children as our world fell apart

Ramona Grigg

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AP Photo

On that day I was up in my sewing room, away from the TV. My four-year-old son was napping, and my 7-year-old daughter was in school. My husband was at work. It was early afternoon.

I heard the back door open and before I could start to the stairs, I could hear my neighbor, Gwen…

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