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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Happy Birthday Cass!

Cass & Dottie 2012

Today is my son's Birthday.

I am truly a very proud mother. I think every parent hopes that their child will grow up and become a valued member of society. I got that! I have a son that opens doors for elders, is considerate of others, has compassion for animals, treats people with respect. He can listen and give advice, he can fix almost anything, he is so smart and intelligent, wise beyond his years. He is positive and bright, and it seems no matter how bad life can be, Cass always has to look at it "on the bright side"...I love that.
Pretty cute huh?

I do not know how it happened but I am one of the lucky parents that can say I did something right in this lifetime by raising a really great individual. The stories of Cass are endless, I think I will do a little photo essay. (Blackmail time...)

hide and seek
 Learning to eat
the famous Dinosaur costume!
love the snow!
He was heavy into wizard before they were popular!
Check out the boots!


He loved that toy!

Bullfrogs and the Ninja turtles! Endless!
This was a fun day! The need for speed!
Then he got his own car...he slept in it for a few nights...this one was short lived, he totalled it going to work as a camp counselor at the YMCA. He was fine after a short stay at Boston Children's hospital.
Always the funny man. A wonderful sense of humor.

Texas, boot camp, I was not happy. He is exhausted.

Playing on some war junk when he was overseas.
His main man, Jack.
Happy Birthday Cass, you have allowed me to have some of the best years of my life. I wish you all the best in the years to come. I am so proud of you and all you have done in your short number of years. Keep being and doing all that your are. Dream and follow your dream. I love you son, thank you and happy birthday!

Monday, August 13, 2012

My mother....

August 13 is my mother's birthday. I really think she was born on Friday the 13th...or that was what she always told us when we were growing up. She had such a weird sense of humor.

Thanksgiving 1968 I am 6 and my brother is 9. My mother is beautiful.


I have very fond memories of my mother.   She worked nights as a nurse at Emerson Hospital in the labor and delivery floor. She was one lucky lady getting to hold all those babies.....I have her nursing ring, something I treasure. Someday I hope to be an RN just like her. I know that will make her happy.




My mother and father built the house that we all grew up in. It was a small ranch that worked just fine. My sister and I shared a room, which was hard but I think we did OK. ( we divided the room in half with tape .....) My older brother got too have his own room...this made me so jealous!


She is so young looking! I think I was 5 in this photo, we always added a extra "good luck" candle/


The girls: me, Micheala, my sister Joanne and mom in the back.

Cass and grandma getting ready to sail a ship in Rockport, Massachusetts.
Happy birthday mom....Thank you for all you did. I miss you.