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Published May 11, 2008 01:43 am - Mom’s Day marks first year for new family By Dan Linehan The Free Press NORTH MANKATO — Debbie Barton always wanted a big family. And on May 25, 2007, she got one.
Since then, Johnnie, Allie, Tab, Sarah, Annie, Ronnie and Debbie have gone through a lot of firsts, both as siblings and as a family. It was the first time the children could run free in a neighborhood, having cycled through foster homes in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro, where they were unable to go outside alone. Barton’s childhood North Mankato home is less than a block away from Spring Lake Park, where they’ve taken to fishing. They also got their first taste of permanence. The siblings had to learn “the whole idea that you treat things nicely because you want to save them,” Barton said. After the first snowfall, the children made snow angels. “Halfway through the winter they were more than ready for it to be over,” she said. Mother’s Day will be their last first holiday. Barton, 51, gives the kind of saccharine response that makes her Mom: “I think I’ve received my Mother’s Day present.” For complete story, see the Sunday, May 11, 2008, print edition of The Free Press or sign onto our e-edition. Click here to access Free Press e-edition 
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