We take our parents so much for granted that we forget to know them in any real way other than the little things like their favourite drink, or how easily they fall asleep on the couch, or their favourite hobbies. But we don’t pry into the deeper stuff, the reality behind who they are as a person. We’re too caught up in the mundane to dig for more. “That’s right — she and Gramps were sent over to Australia from England. They came here by themselves, with no parents. Grew up on a farm outside Molong. An institution for poor or orphaned children, where they learned how to work on a farm or in
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