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Reminiscing Memories and My Widowed Son

         I don't know how long my brother-in-law, Bill, had known his first wife before they had married.   They had dated in high school - I don't know if it was serious and if she waited for him to return from his mission, or if she just happened to be available when she returned.   It wasn't until her funeral that I had learned she had been born with eleven toes.   When she was still an infant, an operation was performed to remove the extra toe.           Her mother spoke at her funeral and had mentioned that AnnaLeigh had been in and out of Primary Children's Hospital at least forty times before she turned eighteen. I'm guessing she had health problems when the two were married.   Six months after they were married, she was diagnosed with another medical problem.   I'm thinking Hodgkin's.   I know her health became a trial for both of them - though not many people saw it from Bill'...