I look at this and think of how young she was - and not just in years. She was the youngest girl in a family of nine. Her mother died when she was just a toddler and though the older children in the family "mothered" her, she always missed not having a mother. She was closest to the sister just a couple of years older than she was - Amy, who is the only sibling still alive.Once when funds were scarce, Mother walked into a store that was selling chicken for 10 cents a pound and asked for 10 cents worth. They told her it wasn't sold that way and she was so embarrassed that she remembered it forever.
I love the scuffed saddle shoes and socks. I'm guessing my birth dad is the one taking the picture.
