My Father Was A Soldier And My Mother Was A Great Mover. She Once Counted Up How Many Places She Had Lived In During The First 25 Years Of Her Marriage And It Came To 20. - SearchQuotes

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My father was a soldier and my mother was a great mover. She once counted up how many places she had lived in during the first 25 years of her marriage and it came to 20.

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