Sipping and savoring Mom’s ham and bean soup recipe has taken on a new and symbolic meaning since a fateful date 20 years ago this month in January 2005. It was on Jan. 5, 2005 that my mom Peggy was in a horrible car accident near our farm. She was in a head-on collision and was flown by helicopter to Memorial Hospital in South Bend for treatment. She underwent several hours of surgery after suffering a fractured leg, hip, ankle, wrist and collar bone. But by that afternoon, she was alert and talking

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