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A Flood of Thoughts

Today Filomena and I attended a branch in a retirement home complex to wish all a happy mother's day, while in their a flood of thoughts come about our own mothers and their role in our lives.

So to my Dear Wife, My daughter, My Mother, My Grand Mother, My Mother in Law and Avó Maria... Happy Mother's Day!

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