"I wasn't sure if I should put the ending part in the video with me crying, but thought that was a real reflection of a love for a mother, and missing her, " Walsh said.

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There are certain keepsakes, Claudia Williams said, that she elected not to include in the auction because of her personal affection for them among them love letters that her father wrote to her mother, Dolores.

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