We're now sometime in the 1920s, and Henry & June are expecting their first child...
It's a girl! Welcome, Stella!
Stella grows into a sweet toddler...
Henry and June then have a boy, who they name Alan...
The kids' early childhoods are pretty happy.
Then the Great Depression hits.
Henry loses his job.
But everyone rallies together and tries to make the best of it...
Eventually, Henry does find work.
The years pass. Stella becomes a teen...
And June takes in a local stray cat....
She names her Merle.
Merle is kind of a jerk to everyone else in the family...
Stella is 20 and Alan is 18 when the family learns that their country has entered the fighting in World War II.
Alan decides to enlist.
The family is proud of him, but sorry to see him go...
Stella gets a civil service job, but her work isn't enough to distract her from how much she misses her brother.
To make matters worse, Henry receives the news that his grandparents, Rachel and Johnny, have passed away.
In happier news, the family is overjoyed to receive letters from Alan, who is stationed overseas...
Through her work, Stella meets a man named Jacob Llewelyn. A romance blossoms.
For the first time in a long time, Stella feels truly happy.
But when Stella tells Jacob she's pregnant, she doesn't get the response she's expecting...
Stella decides she will raise the baby on her own, with help from her family.
It's a boy! Baby Michael arrives safely...
Stella never expects to fall in love again.
And then it happens...
Stella's new love interest is named Roger Fontaine. Roger already has a daughter of his own, Angela...
Soon it's wedding bells for Stella and Roger...
Stella's parents retire to New Jersey just in time for Roger and Angela to move in with Stella and Michael.
Then Roger and Stella get busy adding to the family...
Roger has an absurd reaction when he realizes this is for real.
Luckily, that only lasts about 12 hours. He's a great dad!
Everyone in the family is enamored with Baby Raymond...
Life is good.
To be continued...
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