My Memory Of My Childhood Of Paw-Maw

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I do not have much memory throughout my early ages of being a child, yet I do have memory of my grandmother, who we called, Maw-Maw reading to me when my Mother and I came to visit. My mother, Maw-Maw, Paw-Paw, sometimes my aunt Tatty, and I would all gather in the living room and Maw-Maw would read to us. She would sit in her lazy-boy recliner with Coco perched up on her arm rest. Maw-Maw had this tan straw bag which was filled with children’s books consisting of the majority being Dr.Seuss books but they along with many other books too. No, I don’t have much memory of my childhood but I remember always taking trips to Maw-Maw’s house and how happy she was to see us and get to read to me. I do not remember many specific books that were read

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