Friday, February 28, 2020

Thought Provoking Birthday





Obviously this is one of my wedding photos.  The two ladies with me are my grandmothers — on the left next to me is my paternal grandmother and the one on the right next to my husband is my maternal grandmother.

Today is my maternal grandmother’s birthday.  She was born in 1902 and would be 118 years old. I was born on her birthday and today I have reached the age that she was in this photo.  This is very thought provoking.

I have looked at this photo for a long time this morning and I have come to several conclusions:

We all shrink.  I did have on heels but my paternal grandmother (on the left) was about two inches taller than me in her younger years— and my maternal grandmother was, in her prime, 5’ 4” which she clearly was not in this photo.

Polyester double knit was a good thing

I still really like my wedding dress and would probably choose it again.

There is no hope for my hair and my hair closely resembles both of them now.  I need to quit fighting it.

My maternal grandmother really did have great legs.

Happy Birthday, MaMa!

3 comments:

Granny Marigold said...

Happy Birthday to you ( and to your Grandmother). I'm glad you posted your wedding picture. You look so very young!! You look lovely in your pretty wedding gown.
I hope you had a good day.

Boyett-Brinkley said...

I was young— 22 in fact! I had a lovely day, thank you!

Pom Pom said...

Hi BB! I like your wedding dress, too! Aw, the grannies. They look great in their knit dresses!

Update

 Ok, so we visited our cardiologist yesterday to get the lay of the land for the Hubs.  Seems there is an issue with one of the grafts from ...