Leah Brandvold (Me)
Karen "Mom" Brandvold
parent of Leah
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born Aug 30, 1957 · 69 on Oct 6, 2026
2linked records
28mentions
6questions
2021–2026saved
What the account says about Mom
30 records, oldest first2021
Aug 2
Sep 16
Aerial Lift Bridge, November
by Ingrid Saarela. wedding present from mom and dad
Nov 25
First Thanksgiving in the house. Just us five, a turkey breast, and the good pl…
…ates on a folding table because the real table is back-ordered until January. The oven runs hot, noted. Eli ate only rolls. Called mom and dad after, then Mama, who wanted to see every room on video and told Marcus the curtains were too short.
Dec 5
xmas
Nora - bracelet loom, dragon books 5-7, roller skates sz 2
Eli - excavator (the big one), train tunnel pieces
Ivy - doctor kit, the unicorn that Mai has
Marcus - red dot finder for the telescope, slippers 11
mom + dad - photo book, order by the 10th
2022
Jun 16
Pearl studs
from mom, wedding morning
Jun 16
Ten years. Mom and dad's watercolor of the lift bridge has hung in three homes…
…now.
He didn't forget. He got Dana's niece to sit, made a reservation at the place in German Village where we went after the courthouse, and gave me a card where he'd drawn a free body diagram of the two of us. The forces balance. He labeled them.
I gave him a new band to replace the one the lake took.
Aug 10
drive to mom + dad's - 13.5 hrs w/out stops
23 N - Toledo - 80/90 - 294 around Chicago (tolls) - 90/94 to Madison - Eau Claire - 53 N
stop in Madison, the pool hotel off exit 135
leave by 6
2023
May 21
summer 23
6/5-6/9 Nora art camp (9-3), twins w/ Marcus
6/26-6/30 Nora at mom + dad's. Maren drives her from the airport
7/10-7/21 twins day camp at the rec center, 9-12
7/29-8/6 all of us Duluth
twins start K 8/16
Jul 21
Lake Superior from Nana's porch
painted at mom and dad's. framed, upstairs hall
Oct 10
who knows about Eli / has done the trainer
Nurse Jenny - has the form + 1 pen ✓
Mrs. Kessler ✓
after-care ✓ (Miss Tori)
Dana + Greg ✓
Linh ✓
mom + dad - told, need to practice when they visit
Sunday school - NOT YET
bus driver - ?
Nov 5
Pulled it off. He walked into the back room thinking it was a dinner with Kwame…
…and Abena and there was Tunde, who he hasn't seen since Lagos, holding a balloon like a hostage. Marcus actually had to sit down. Forty. He gave a speech about the half-life of a physics teacher. Mom and dad had the kids and reported that Eli "negotiated" a later bedtime with dad.
Nov 23
We went to see Mormor this morning before the turkey. She's smaller every time.
She didn't know the twins' names, and she called Nora "Karen" twice. But she knew me. She held my hand and said, in English and then in Norwegian, that I looked tired, and was I eating.
Ivy put her drawing on the windowsill with the others. There are a lot of them now. The nurse said she looks at them.
I think this…
2024
Feb 12
Mormor died last night. Ninety-one. Mom called at eleven and I knew before I pi…
…cked up. Erik was with her, which she would have liked, her nurse grandson. I've been up since. Made the list - flights, the dress, who has the twins.
Feb 12
Mormor died last night. mom called at 11.
funeral Sat 2/17, 11am, First Lutheran. visitation Fri 5-7
flying Thurs w/ Nora, back Sunday. Marcus keeps the twins
mom wants me to read. Psalm 121
black dress is at the cleaners, pick up Wed
tell Vivian
Feb 18
The funeral was yesterday. First Lutheran was full, which at ninety-one means s…
…he outlived most of her friends and the church still came.
I read the psalm. My voice held until "from this time forth" and then Nora, who is nine, reached over from the front pew and put her hand on my back, exactly the way I do to her. I don't know when she learned that.
Mom gave me the sølje after, in the blue b…
Feb 21
from Mormor's room, who got what
sølje - me (there's a letter)
recipe box - Maren
krumkake iron - me
rosemaled bowl - Erik
photo albums + hymnal - mom
Jul 24
First time up here without her. I keep expecting to schedule a visit. Mom has h…
…er chair now, by the window. I made krumkake with the twins on her iron and burned the first three, which she always said belonged to the cook. Ivy ate nine. The lake was flat as a plate tonight and dad sat on the porch with Biscuit on his feet.
Dec 24
Christmas Eve at mom and dad's. Lutefisk for dad and Maren, meatballs for every…
…one with sense. Marcus has now eaten lutefisk four years running out of pure diplomacy.
There was an empty chair and nobody mentioned it and everybody looked at it.
The twins are asleep in my old room under the same quilt. Santa has been told we're traveling. The bikes are in Hal's garage 870 miles away and I've re…
2025
Mar 16
dad. chest pain at the hardware store this morning, they called an ambulance.
St. Brendan's in Duluth. one stent, went in thru the wrist. Erik got there before mom did
home in 2 days if nothing changes
flying up Tuesday, one way. Marcus has the kids, Dana has Thursday
told Vivian
Mar 17
call mom after dad's cardiology follow-up
Mar 19
Dad looks small in the bed. He's fine - one stent, in through the wrist, he'll…
…be home tomorrow - but he looks small and I wasn't ready for that.
He's mostly angry that it happened at the hardware store. "Forty people watched me sit down on a pallet of salt."
Mom has not sat down since Sunday. I made her eat a sandwich in the cafeteria and she told me three times that she'd noticed he was tir…
Mar 20
A list is just a worry with good handwriting. You get that from me.
Mar 22
for mom's fridge, from the discharge sheet
aspirin 81 - morning, forever
clopidogrel 75 - morning, 12 months, do NOT skip
atorvastatin 80 - night
metoprolol 25 - twice a day
nitro under the tongue if chest pain, then 911
cardiac rehab 3x a week for 12 weeks, starts April 7
follow up w/ cardiology 4/3
Mar 27
Home. Nine days. Marcus kept everyone alive and fed and the house looks like it…
…. I'm not complaining, I'm reporting. Ivy made a chart of every day I was gone with a sticker on it. Dad starts cardiac rehab on the 7th and has promised mom he'll go.
Jun 14
Forty.
The kids made breakfast under Marcus's supervision, which means the pancakes were geometrically interesting. Nora gave me a coupon book. One of the coupons is "one day of no eye rolling (not valid on school days)."
Jess drove up. Mom called and sang. Mama called and prayed, at length, on speaker, while I held a mimos…
Jul 15
Duluth packing
Nora's inhaler x2. Eli's pens x2 + the action plan copy for mom. benadryl
Ivy - bring the splint just in case
water shoes, sweatshirts
Biscuit + crate
hotel in Madison Fri night, booked
Aug 10
I'm at Nora's middle school except it's my high school in Duluth, and I'm the o…
…ne who can't open the locker. I don't have a schedule. Everyone else knows which room. Nora walks by with her friends and says "Mom, it's left-right-left" like it's the most obvious thing in the world.
Aug 11
emergency contacts for school / camp / sports forms. same answer every time:
parents first - me (cell), Marcus (cell, then the school office)
1. Dana Whitlock - neighbor - 614-555-0166
2. for Nora: Beth Okonkwo - friend - 614-555-0185
for the twins: Linh Pham - neighbor - 380-555-0143
out of town: my mom, Karen Brandvold - 218-555-0127
allowed to pick up: Dana, Beth, Linh, Maddie Kowalczyk,…
Nov 16
Thanksgiving HERE, 11 people. mom + dad fly in Tues (CMH 4:40pm), Maren Pete An…
…ders Liv drive, arrive Wed
turkey 20+ lb - Costco, pick up Sat
Maren: rolls + lefse. mom: pies
dad's diet - low salt. two stuffings
extra chairs from Dana
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Facts
| First name | Karen |
|---|---|
| Last name | Brandvold |
| Nickname | Mom |
| Date of birth | 1957-08-30 |
Phones
- number: '2185550127' variant: Mobile
Emails
- email: karen.brandvold@northshoremail.example variant: Personal
Addresses
- variant: Home street_address_1: 418 Skerry Hollow Road city: Duluth state: Minnesota postal_code: '55803'
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Leah Brandvold (Me)Karen "Mom" Brandvold is parent of Leah Brandvold (Me)
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Gunnar "Dad" Brandvold · 1 record
Erik Brandvold · 1 record
Maren Halvorsen · 1 record
Solveig "Mormor" Lindqvist · 1 record
Yetunde "Mama" Adeyemi · 1 record
Folake Balogun · 1 record
Tunde Adeyemi · 1 record
Dana Whitlock · 1 record
Hal Brewster · 1 record
Linh Pham · 1 record
Beth Okonkwo · 1 record
Kavitha Raman · 1 record
Questions
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q013 What's my mom's passport number? q022 Who do I put as emergency contacts on the twins' form? L26 What is my work email address? q016 I'm doing Eli's school form. What's his full legal name and birthday, and our address? q024 Fill out Nora's camp health form for me: name, birthday, address, both parents' phones and employers, emergency contacts, doctor, dentist, insurance, allergies, medications, last tetanus shot. q028 What address is on Marcus's driver's license?