Fantastic four

Reading “We were pregnant at the same time” (15.5.17) brought a smile to my face and special memories flooding back. Forty-three years ago, my t wo sis ters, my brother’s wife and I all had babies in the same year, in Januar y, May, August and November. Our parents got two granddaughters and two grandsons, and the kid s got to grow up spending a lot of time and happy occasions together. Now one lives in Australia, and unfortunately we never took photos, which would be lovely to look back on now. Coincidentally, one of the boys’ birthdays is May 15, the issue date of your magazine.

Family Ties, King Country

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