Lynn Johnston Quotes

After I got this job at the syndicate, I started sending them money so they could go on trips and do the things they could never afford to do. All the while, I never knew that my mother was socking money away.

Lynn Johnston

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• After I got this job at the syndicate, I started sending them money so they could go on trips and do the things they could never afford to do. All the while, I never knew that my mother was socking money away.

  

  Lynn Johnston
  • Money
  • Job
  • Mother