The back of the photograph is annotated "Oct '49 Gregory Earl Sanchez, Four weeks old". It is also stamped with the name of the studio: Stanford Studios, 107 E. Lafayette St. Tampa, Fla, PHONE MM-5767.
I am not certain if mom was even supposed to have children. She had suffered from Rheumatic Fever when she was younger, which weakened her heart. In the mid 1970's, she would have open heart surgery to replace two heart valves with pig valves. She would have a similar surgery in the early 1990's, to replace those pig valves with artificial valves. But I do not know if having two children was worse for her or not. She lead a very active life otherwise, taking up and enjoying the game of golf for decades until her final years prevented her from getting out on a course. At the age of 77, she even hit a hole-in-one.
Obviously, my sister and I would not be here were it not for her and my dad meeting, marrying, and deciding to have children. Years later, mom also told me that she was not certain how her marriage to our father was going to turn out, so she practiced birth control without telling him until she was certain that having children by him was the right thing to do. Apparently, she must have determined that it was all right and went ahead.
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