Thursday, January 17, 2008

Beginnings

It was so hot the day this was taken. Sandra is 2 mos here.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.

2 comments:

rosemary said...

HA....I have pix of my momin saddle oxfords and "bobby socks." I wore those shoes all through school. My mom told me they were sensible shoes.

Sandy said...

I didn't get but always wanted to wear "flats" - much cooler look.