The stories in this episode take us further back in time than we’re used to on this podcast.  Our guest, Mary, talks about her grandmothers, whose husbands left them behind in Italy while they traveled to the Americas in search of building better lives for their families.  However, they were gone for 30 years, often with little or no communication, leaving their wives to raise their large families on their own.  Often referred to as the White Widows, this was a common experience of Southern Italian women in the 1920s and 1930s. The strength, resourcefulness, and undying love these women had is unparalleled.