ONCE UPON A TIME

I've posted this before, but it's one of my favorite photos and times, as WWII was near its end in Europe, my mom holding me with my dad in the fedora on one knee in front of her, my sister Irene on his other knee, our brother Robert in front of her and cousins Micki to her right and Rod behind her, our sister Joan next, my Aunts Peggy and Mary to my mom's left, both lived on our street, my Grandma Dempsey to my mom's right, then my brothers Buddy and Tommy (in uniform, Buddy would soon be), and to his right our great Aunt Allie (she and Grandma Dempsey would soon be living with us) and my Irish immigrant Grandma Lally who lived down the street.