61!

Holy moly! It's my mom's birthday! Highlights of her 61 years include (in no particular order):

• Teaching Jetta how to be the family dog. 
• Playing catch with me from the ages of 5-18!
• Playing countless hours of Go Fish! at the kitchen table and rummy in the later years.
• Teaching me about the best musicians: Neil Diamond, Journey, Air Supply!
• Being in a homecoming skit based on the New Kids on the Block!
• Making whoopie pies for my class, Girl Scouts, birthday parties, etc.
• Being the watcher of all water skiers and tubers in case we fell or let go of the rope while Dad drove.
• The amazing catcher of falling potatoes shot out of the family heirloom potato gun.
• Lover of her neighbors (Frannie, The Parks, The Hartsworns, The Rabbits, The Tills, the list goes on and on)
• Resilient mower of lawns when I was at Camp: our own, Franny's, and Lois'!
• Prompt letter writer, card-sender, thank-you note writer in always consistent handwriting whether I was at camp, sports camp, college, Nigeria!
• Survivor of one big romp of pneumonia!

Love you, Mom!