Here I am, Mac & Elsie’s girl, turning another corner in my life and celebrating the big 7-Oh where did that time go!!! The sun is shining which, I think my mother told me once, means that I’ve been a good girl all year. Well, maybe!
I imagine my parents thought I was destined for great things. That’s me with the Mayor of Tottenham, doing a promotional gig for welfare orange juice in 1948. I look like I was taking my job very seriously.
When I was still quite young I thought I might like to be an actress but, by the time I was old enough to do anything about it, my self-confidence had completely deserted me and I spent my theater years backstage, helping with props and scenery. And it seems like I’ve been backstage, figuratively speaking, ever since.
Several years ago, my grandson sent me an email requesting that I help him complete his homework assignment. He wanted to know what my greatest accomplishment had been. For the life of me I couldn’t think of a damned thing and I sat at the computer and cried.
I’ve thought about that question a lot since then, and my answer now would be that I helped to raise a loving family; three girls who are caring, intelligent and extremely good-looking. I have four wonderful grandchildren and, according to the happy news received last week from that same grandson, an expected great-grandchild.
So Happy Birthday to me! I’ve made it to the big 7-0h! Onward and upward. For more on the Weekly Photo Challenge at The Daily Post go to Corner