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Here's a couple of Dorothy pictures, one of her opening a Christmas gift that I can't really tell what it is, and another of Prince Jamie.  
Dorothy is another one who's had a tough life.  Really, haven't we all?  If you know anybody in any way at all, you know there's been some kind of shitstorm that's changed them.  The fact is that we live to tell about it, it means we survived it.
Dorothy, or Dot as she was often called, was a tough lady.  She raised three kids with Rick and contributed her own brand of toughness to their personalities.  I believe she had similar struggles with mental illness like I do currently.  That's a war no one likes to have to fight.
I remember spending time with that little family at Poirier Street and then at their house on Whitney.  There were a lot of fun and memorable times, especially at Whitney, which is when Rick landed his post office job and they finally got their house after going to a rental-assistance place after Poirier for a while.  I think that was on Fraser Avenue, behind the old Moncton Mall.
And once again we have some fodder for the Colorful Couch Fan Club.

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