subsequent visits. Chapter by chapter, we assembled the autobiography presented here. In addition to being Big Mama's listener and co-writer, I was her hospice volunteer. That's why, rather than asking you to purchase this book, we invite you to make a donation, in memory of Lenora Kelly, to the Princeton HomeCare Hospice Program.
David LaMotte
Lenora Kelly, known to her grandchildren, greats, and great-greats as "Big Mama," began telling me about her life in October, 2015, when she was 93 years old. During our weekly visits, she told stories and shared old photographs. Between our visits, I took my rough, typed notes and turned them into a narrative, which I would then read back to Big Mama at
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