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Tag Archives: holidays
Valentine’s Day…
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Tagged candy, chocolate, flowers, hearts, holidays, Photographs, Valentine's Day
Favorites Of 2016…
I haven’t done a year in review in a few years so there’s no time like the present to do one. Please click on month and title to read post.
January – NYC Matinee Day (CLICK HERE)
February – Newark, NJ Banks (CLICK HERE)
April – Beloved Chappy (CLICK HERE)
2001 – 2016
May – Newport, Rhode Island (CLICK HERE)
June – Newport cont’d (CLICK HERE)
September – Remembering Sep 11th (CLICK HERE)
October – Newark, NJ Museum (CLICK HERE)
December – Christmas 1966 (CLICK HERE)
And there’s some of 2016 in review. Onward now to 2017 and the 10th year for MV Obsession.
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2017…
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Tagged architecture, buildings, holidays, New Year's Eve, New York, New York City, Photographs, photoshop, seasonal
Silent Night, Holy Night…
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Christmas Poinsettias…
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Weekly Challenge: Anticipation…
The prompt is anticipation. This is my daughter in 1965 patiently anticipating what’s in those packages with her name on them.
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NYC Christmas Angel…
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The Christmas Box(es)…
T’was Christmas morning and all through the house,
Everyone was stirring, even the mouse,
Lots of smiles, joy and merriment,
And of course a new ornament.
Patty opened her box and Deb’s turn was next,
The look on her face was very perplexed !
The box was empty, no ornament inside…
I felt terrible and almost cried.
Deb rose to her feet and headed to the
tree,
And hung the empty box where the ornament should be.
The following year I searched all around,
A perfect ornament for Deb must be found,
It was, it was just meant to be,
A box ornament for our Christmas tree.
We hang them each year and remember with glee,
How an empty box (filled with love) came to decorate
our tree.
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Cathedral In Black and White…
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Christmas 1966…
The sisters first Christmas, 50 years ago.
Patty and Debbie became sisters on Nov 6, 1966 but they did not meet until Dec 21, 1966.
Patty was almost 2 1/2 when Debbie was born. Deb, who was due the end of December arrived 7 weeks early and didn’t come home from the hospital until Dec 21, the first day of winter, 1966.
As you can see from the picture Patty was delighted and happy to be a big sister. Debbie, I’m sure was happy to finally be home.
Patty was a terrific big sister right from the beginning. She helped me take care of Debbie and when I would give Deb her bottle Patty and her new dolly would join us. Her doll was almost the same size as Deb, Debbie had been only 3 lbs when she was born and had to be 5 lbs before she could come home… so yes, she and the doll were almost the same size.
Since it was so close to Christmas when Deb came home I wanted her to be a surprise to her grandparents when they arrived on Christmas morning. Patty was under instructions from Santa Claus not to tell anyone that her new sister was home, and since the request was coming from the big guy himself she didn’t utter a word to anyone.
However… my mother called one evening and just at that moment Debbie, who was in the same room with me, began to cry. Oh oh. My mother asked if that was a baby and I said no. She said she didn’t believe me. She asked again… ‘is that baby home from the hospital?’ I said yes but that I had wanted to keep her a surprise until Christmas. My mother kept her composure but I could hear the crack in her voice when said how happy she was but that we shouldn’t tell my father… let him be surprised on Christmas morning.
So Christmas morning arrived, along with a 24 hour stomach bug which hit me pretty hard. I managed to get out of bed long enough to greet my parents at the door. Patty was all bubbly and happy to see her grandparents and they were showering her with plenty of attention.
Then my dad glanced at the tree. He looked closer. I could see his eyes moisten when he realized that the baby in the baby carrier under the tree was NOT a doll but his new granddaughter Debbie. My dad wasn’t one to let his emotions out or show on his face… but he did that morning.
It was definitely a very merry, happy and blessed Christmas that year.
Christmas morning 6 years later in 1972, my favorite Christmas picture of Patty and Debbie…
Christmas over the years…
Merry Christmas, with love, to my girls❤❤
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