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SP: I'm wondering if we could go back a bit to when you were working as a live-in nanny. I'm curious about what that work was like for you. How old the children were.

SA: Oh, it was mainly babysitting.

SP: Babysitting. For what age of children?

SA: They were like four and two.

SP: So very young.

SA: It was just taking care of these kids.

SP: And did you feel that you were well-integrated into the family?

SA: Well, I learned how to cook American food. [Laughs]

SP: Did you take meals together with the family?

SA: Well, you know, I just ate with the kids. I always ate with the children. Made sure that they were fed. It was mainly babysitting, (...) she did have a person coming in to clean the house once a week, too. They were very wealthy. They were food brokers, and during the war, food brokers did very well (because there was a food shortage).

SP: So you mentioned that you got married in 1953 at the age of twenty-four. Can you tell us about how you met your husband?

SA: Oh, we're divorced now.

SP: Okay. So at that time, were you schoolmates, or how did you come to meet each other?

SA: No, I used to (be) on a bowling team. So, he was on the bowling team, too. So, that's how we met. But we were married twenty-five years.

SP: And did you have any children together?

SA: Two boys.

SP: Two boys. What are their names? And how old are they?

SA: David, he's married. And Douglas is not married. And they both, you know, are doing okay. David lives in Issaquah and Doug lives in Kirkland. And we get together frequently. We have family gatherings.

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