My Fifth Child
Clark AFB Philippines
August 23, 1983
Fourth son, last child born to me. Husband behaving very badly, causing stress and rifts. His one visit to me in the hospital is spent telling me how much I am "just like" his mistress, and how we should be such very good friends. He also wants to put me in an asylum because I am "depressed". YA THINK??? Well, it was not a good homecoming for mommy, but it is better than staying in the hospital, better than my other kids being abandoned to the maid (he won't stay home to watch them), and the new baby is doing well. His brothers and sister welcomed him with cheers and swamped him with hugs. He weighed 9 lb 6 oz, the largest birth weight of all my kids. He will outgrow all the others. His name is Grant Alon
