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| Carol Egg, 21st Birthday in 1965 |
This is a tribute to our mom, Carol Egg. She was married to Theron Egg at 20 years of age. I was born the next year, 1964. Over the next 11 years, Mom would give birth to my 8 younger brothers and sisters.
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| (CW from top left) Mom and Dad, Carol & Theron, Jay, Brian, David, Steven, Carolyn, Darlene, Heidi, Aaron and Ben |
As the oldest of nine children, what I remember about my mom is her wisdom, her love, and her desire to have a home filled with peace and harmony amidst all of the craziness that accompanies such a large household.
Because we were such a large family, the most common breakfast food was cracked wheat, boiled and topped with brown sugar and milk. We could hear the wheat grinder running just about every morning. It was a high-fiber start to the day, and we were a family with very clean insides as a result!
As of the day of this writing, my mom has been widowed for 11 years, has served faithfully as a full time missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the genealogy library in Salt Lake City, and has continued to lead this family in truth and light. She is now 80 years of age.
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| A recent photo of our beautiful mom in Manti, Utah. Isn't she so radiant? |
Mom, you're truly an angel mother. I have trouble keeping track of how many descendants you have so far; it’s 9 children, 25 grandchildren, and about 19 great- grandchildren, right? Hannah just had Darwin in (March 2021), and many of her cousins have had babies also! My count is well over 50 descendants; wow!
Happy birthday Mom. It's so fitting that it's also the Easter and general Conference season. If ever there was someone that fit the description of the beauty of the Easter celebration, it's you.
We love you!
