Jennie Groom, Great Auntie Ruth (PEOPLE 2025)

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Great Auntie Ruth, actually is great! She perhaps is more than great as she stands unsupported before the weathered cubby house her late husband built decades ago. Time has softened the structure, but not her strength. Still living in the family home where they raised three children, she carries the quiet resilience of generations and never complains.

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