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I'm sorry for the crimpled and ratty condition of this photo. I've been sleeping with it under my pillow, gazing wistfully at it at night.

Haha. Not really.

This is my gorgeous mother at her high school graduation. My sister and I used to play dress up in the dress and those heels, which were dyed robin egg blue-to match the dress. We used to tramp down the gravel driveway of the farm in my mother's old shoes and clothes to the secondary highway and wave at people as they drove by. I'd really like to find one of those people that witnessed that spectacle.


Really, it's a godsend that dress survived and luckily I still have it. I measured the waist recently.

My mother had a 22" waist at her high school graduation.
I don't know what happened to the taira or the gloves but if I had them now, boy oh boy..

Anyway, this is the last of my 'ode to my mom' posts in celebration of her birthday this past June 6th. Thanks Mom for being:
-so gorgeous
-so smart
-so playful
-so adventurous
and
-so perfect

REALLY!

Lots of love,
me