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  Hi Everyone,

This is my first  attempt at writing a journal. I checked out a few of my friends journals just to get an idea. It seems like everyone pretty much does whatever they want. So here goes! I'm originally from PA. Coal mining country. My grandfather came from Warsaw, Poland and worked in the mines. He died of respiratory illness which is no surprise.. I had an eventful childhood. When I was going into 3rd grade our house burned to the ground and my siblings and parents, 8 of us in all had to stay with my grandmother for three months while the house was being re-built. The firemen said it was faulty wiring. It was interesting to live there because she had no heat or hot water no bathroom. We had to use an out house, Her coal stove heated the house through holes in the ceiling to get upstairs,and we had to take a bath in iron wash tubs. It was quite an adbventure for us kids. Then a classmate of mine was murdered,strangled to death on her way to school which was a Catholic school. And this is in a small friendly town where you were able to keep your doors unlocked at least in those days. It was an event in my life which I'll never forget. The state police came to my house to ask me questions about her. The nuns covered her desk in school with a black cloth and I can still see her bruised face in the casket where the guy punched her and she was wearing her First communion dress. He tied her wrists with her shoelaces and stuffed her scarf down her throat. A mentally deficient boy found her in a dump and thought she was a doll . These are memories never to be extinguished but I also had good times. I was very athlethic then.Played volleyball ,baseball my brother nicknamed me MickeyMary because I always hit homeruns.  I have alot more stories to tell,stay tuned. Hope this wasn't too much of a downer but It feels good to let it out. MaryAnn