*July 4, 1894...My grandmother's birthday*

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18. My maternal grandmother was also a July 4th baby.

Born just a bit later - 1899. She ran away from home at age 15 to go to nursing school, which she completed at age 18. She met my grandfather, a dentist, when he was a patient of hers after he got facial burns from an explosion in his dental lab. They raised 3 daughters and a son in the small town of Hutchinson MN. She died in 1982. I have her nursing school pin, and proudly wear her engagement and wedding rings on my right hand.

My mom, who is still here, was the eldest of the 4. She is now 92 and still lives on her own. She also went into nursing, as did I. So, 3 generations of healers.

Thank you for this thread, CaliforniaPeggy. I enjoyed your story, and am glad it prompted me to remember my own grandmother today.