We sometimes called her
Claude. Her family was French Canadian and moved to Michigan where I lived. She was pretty and had very dark, straight, long hair that she usually wore in one or two braids.
Her sisters were
Monique (I was closer to
Monique, who was a year older than me.
Claudette was two years younger than me),
Denise,
Carmen,
Anita, and
Linda.
Claudette was the youngest. Her middle name was
Cherie.
Monique's middle name was
Eloise. I don't know the rest of the sisters' middle names.
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Proud foster mother to 26 exclamation marks. See profile for their names.