How a local couple helped their kids soar

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Photo courtesy John Duvall
The Tillerson family poses for a photo during Bob’s 90th birthday party. From left are Dr. Rae Anna Hamilton, Jo Lyn Peters, Patty, Bob and Rex.[/caption]

“There are only two lasting things we can leave our children. One is roots, the other is wings.”

The above quote is attributed to Geno Baroni, an American Roman Catholic priest who lived in the 1900s, and is one of Pagosa Springs resident Patty Tillerson’s favorites.

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