On the left is Bess McCabe, Sister of my mother's mother, also shown is Aaron and my mother From the left, Esther Johnsen, Lynn and Lynns mother, Magdalen with Aaron, taken on the pontoon boat on Shawano lake. Aunt Bess with one of the kids Gladys Brockman Josephine Pulcifer Helen Kuckuk Seated second from the right is Helen Kuckuk my father's mother Taken at Lynn's sisters wedding Esther Johnsen Ruth Johnsen Hilda McClone The boys with Lynn's brother Mike The boys with Hilda Early on we were lucky enough to find Hilda McClone, who came to our house those days when both Lynn and I worked - she became a surrogate grandmother to our children, and to this day I believe the love and stability she shared with Joey and Aaron has given them the strength to prosper through the turmoil I set upon their lives as I came to terms with being a gay man The Johnsen family My sister Sandy with our mother, taken in July 1950 Lynn as a child with her parents My sister Sandy with her husband Dave and our mother Mike Johnsen and Russ Stone Lynn as a child with her mother and father's sisters Esther and Ruth