Something I wrote on Facebook today

 

La Leche League has been a huge part of my life since I became a LLL Leader in 1979.

My husband is retired from the US Foreign Service, so we have moved and live in a lot of different places. In 1983 we bought a house in Reston, Virginia that would be our home base when we were back in the States.

In 1986 we moved back to Virginia and I got involved in Leading the LLL Group in Sterling, VA. Over time, two of the Group moms became LLL Leaders and one mom stayed close to the rest of us.

These are the moms who took care of me when I came home from China with my sick, preemie and my three year old. One of these moms was a milk donor for my (now 33 year old) baby.

Fast forward. I am the only one who is still a Leader, but we zoom together on a regular basis.

On Saturday we got a great text from Joanne Kyreakakis Simeon announcing the birth of her granddaughter. Shortly after that we got a text from Mariellen McCarthy Hagy announcing the birth of her grandson almost 12 hours earlier.

Thank you La Leche League for bringing these wonderful friends into my life!

PS my first grandchild was born 5 months ago!

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