Survive Hard Times with Tough Love and Mother’s Spit

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As a child, it was obvious that my dad loved and admired his mother. She struggled during the depression as a widow raising six children, five boys and a girl, which explains why she didn’t fit the stereotypical, image of a grandma who cuddles and spoils her grandchildren. When we visited, the kids played outside and were expected to be seen and not heard — not just an expression at my grandmother’s…