Leah Walker

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“A Fifty Year Reunion” by Leah Walker

Submitted to Contest #278

Note: this story mentions the abuse that occurred in a State institution called Junior Village and could be upsetting to some readers. Years ago our family fostered a brother and sister team in Junior Village. Junior Village was intended to be a good place where disenfranchised children could be housed until their parents could get their act together, or a relative would step up, or some family would take them in. Between 1958 and 1973, thousands of children crossed through its threshold to end up being assigned to a “cottage” and consigned ...

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A grandmother and great-grandmother, I am married to a retired Navy Chief and had many wonderful, and not so many wonderful, life experiences that have taught me important life lessons. I love sharing those in short story form.