18 Apr Jean Repath’s story of Gwendolyn
“Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, hold the horse ’til I get on…” (Mom’s chant one day, at age 56, during a particularly intense episode)
1919: Gwendolyn was born in Brandon, Manitoba, youngest of eight children.- Her mother was 45, didn't want another baby, and so didn't speak to her husband for two years.
- Mom’s father traveled a lot selling farm machinery.