To get you in the spirit, here are some pics that my dad sent me today.
They're of my mother, circa 1971, newly expecting her first child and taking in the sights of New York City.
I love how her hair is long and somewhat unruly in this picture.
Inside the crown of Lady Liberty - which I hear has just been reopened this year. She looks almost like a model in this shot. I can't quite recall what I looked like at twenty-four (her age at the time), but I can almost certainly tell you that I was much less put-together or classically "all-American" looking. Well, unless you consider Jan*is Jop*lin-like hair all-American. Sometimes I look at pictures of Jan*is and wonder if my grandfather, while working in Port Arthur for Sinclair Oil, didn't have an affair.
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The cape she is wearing...my mother wore capes too. Goodness. Memories.
Happy July 4 to you as well. Thanks for the post and the pics. They are really cool. Is it true that capes are coming back?
She looks so young to me! Wow. And yes, very put together. And brave...I don't think I would've or could've made it to the top of the Statue of Liberty, or gotten anywhere near those windows while pregnant...too worried I'd puke all over everyone's shoes. Very impressive. She looks great.
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