vendredo

Today I got some photos my mom sent me. What a treasure trove! So many good memories. Thanks so much for holding them for me, Mom. I've scanned in everything and have about half edited for posting online.

Here's my favorite birthday photo, from my first birthday in Michigan, number 6. Mom made the cat cake and Anne made the cat toy that I'm holding.



Another really great one that I had forgotten about is from when I was just a couple months old We were tent-camping and Mom had an ingenious way to give me a bath.




Some of the items she sent were not photos. There's a cutting from the local newspaper announcing my class' valedictorian (me) and salutatorian; a couple graduation announcements; the program from the prom; my first resume; and, best of all, my original, typed copy of my valedictory. I remember being so nervous about writing it that I didn't let my brother or parents read it ahead of time. I had some good material to work from since our class song was "We are the World".