Footsteps Previously Taken

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“There is very little from my childhood that physically remains; most places now only exist as  reverent memories..this place is one of them; the San Jacinto Monument.  It was a regular destination with my grandparents when they just wanted to get out and go for a ride…which was all the time.  I grew up in a car, always going somewhere, always in motion, never settled. The Monument calls out to me..it houses cherished reminiscences of my Mama and Papa, both now gone.” V. L. Mobley

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