“One day you will do things for me that you hate.
That is what it means to be family.”
Clara Anita Welshe was born in Avondale Pennsylvania and lived there her entire life. When she was sixteen years old she met Henry Davis Brighton, they were in the same English class. Henry had been born in Ohio, but he too had grown up in Avondale. The two dated until they were twenty one and twenty four. On Clara's twenty-second birthday Henry asked her to marry him. Henry and Clara were married on May twelfth, and exactly one year later there first child was born, a daughter. Two years later, the twins, a daughter and son, also joined the family. Last but not least, was the youngest son, who was born five years after the twins. Clara and Henry were both lovers of literature, and this was why they named all four of their children after characters in classic novels. The children are grown up now, and all have families of their own.
“That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable.”