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A beautiful piece! You speak for many of us!

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This is wonderful! Write more! I remember when the popular girls at school started wearing bras. I could see the outline of the strap beneath their shirts and I desperately wanted one - needed one - but my mother didn't seem to notice and I couldn't bring myself to ask. Finally, one day when I was wearing a white blouse, she said I needed a bra and we went shopping. I was thrilled. Little did I know that not too much later I would develop large breasts and do anything in my power to minimize them!

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Brought back memories.

On another note, I cycled the South shore starting from White Point Beach Resort and ending in Chester. Stayed a few days in Lunenburg. Lovely place.

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Thanks for the memories. Mammaries?

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Great piece ., sitting here in Tuscany with the cousin !! Brought back so many memories .

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Congrats Barbie for harnessing that courage within to write "Breasts of Burden".

A new career awaits; you are a gifted writer.

Esther Simpson

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Hi Barbara. I’m 74 & got my 1st training bra at Anna Globus Hill, where lots of Jewish girls got their 1st bras. I hated the embarrassing measuring exercise too! But I really wanted that bra! I also remember stuffing Kleenex in my undershirt & I’m sure I looked weird! Naomi Lapin

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Hi Naomi,

My mother went there exclusively for all her bras until she moved to Nova Scotia in 1967. Glad the piece sparked some memories.

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You’re a terrific writer, Barbara!

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You are too kind! Thanks.

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Hilarious and so true. Don’t stop writing. You are gifted.

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