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Here I am at my 15th birthday party. Boy, I wish you could see me full size there. To think I thought I was fat then! I was a
size 9 and 120#. Still had the boobs though, hard to see in that black get up that my older sister-in-law let me borrow. See the
nice long hair done up in the braid? I had a fashion statement all of my own back then. :-) There with me were good friends,
Tammy McMahon, Sonya Yancie, Jodie Eisemann, Michelle Dupree and Kim. Sonya and Tammy were my closest friends from grade 4 until
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| Here is another picture of me on that same birthday. Check out the legs, they were so nice and slim. :-) And tiny little
feet, at least those haven't really changed much. And wow, check out the gift I am holding up; that would be the vinyl album Eye
of the Tiger. Think quick, who was the artist? Seated next to me was beloved cousin #2, Mistie Crapsey, standing next to us,
looking a bit dazed for some reason is beloved cousin #1, Crystal Crapsey, and in front smiling for the camera, little Miss. :-)
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Here I am in New York City! (Summer before Bday #16) Still the highlight of my life. I went with mom and pops all by myself.
I recall having to twist my mom's arm, and getting dad involved, lol, to have her allow me to go off on my own. Now that I am a
grown adult, I don't blame her for protecting me in that city. I just thought it was the most exciting place on earth. You could
hear a different language on every street corner. The street vendors, the shops. One shop owner flirted with me and asked me to
marry him. I had my palm read, which oddly, she knew every detail of my family. That was bizarre! Of course, the rest of what
she said didn't come true or I would be married by now! I think I am on the George Washington Bridge in this photo. After 9/11, I tore apart
my photos looking for this one, but, sadly, the twin towers were not in it. I hope to go back there some day as an adult. :-)
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Here I am in 1983. This was Sophomore year according to the picture. This would have been taken either right before I was 16
or right thereafter, don't recall. You can see a bit more how golden blonde my hair was. Almost strawberry blonde as people would
say back then, but don't even have said that to me back then. I still had my "red-hair phobia" back then. Hard to believe that is the same
woman that I see in the mirror every day now. Don't mind the freaky way my eyes looked, I had pink eye in that picture as you can
see how swollen my left eye was. And, I didn't like to smile a lot because of my crooked teeth. But, gosh, I think I was quite
beautiful. Why did I believe all of those who said that I wasn't... |
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Here I am at age 17, with short hair. The only time in my life that I had short hair. My friends had been after me to cut it for
years, but mom insisted I wait until I was 16. First thing I did that summer before I turned 17 is cut it all off! My oldest brother
wouldn't talk to me for 2 weeks after that cut. And I hated it! You can still see in my face how I had not really gained much weight yet...
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Here I am, May 1985, complete in Cap N Gown. See how much my hair has grown out, and how much I had begun to grow out! In one
year, I went from a size 11/12 to 15/16 or so. That was a pure HELL year for me and I was so relieved to graduate. I had planned on
leaving home then, but, well, I guess God had other plans... |
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Here I am all smiles (the best I could do back then) in High School Graduation line. I graduated a year early so only had a
handfull of friends in line with me. I made National Honor Society, and graduated in the top 2% of the nation, hence the cords.
I still have those cords, much to my mother's chagrine who tried to steal them every chance she got. I was #13 in a class of 700ish,
not bad considering that all of the other students had one entire year more of school to boost their GPAs. *grin* |
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