Little Ronni

Little Ronni was three or four years old when this picture was taken. Mom wrote "3 1/2" on the back of the photo, but, as "1/2" comes in December, for me, and this picture was taken in Coventry, England, three and a half seems unlikely. Besides, I'm wearing white shoes. I truly pray my feet weren't quite that big. Mom had a habit of buying my shoes a size (or two) too large, so I'm hoping that's what happened here.

If you look really closely at my left hand, you can see a white cloth bandage on my pinkie. I had managed to get a thorn or splinter down under the nail, and Mom had to perform household surgery to get it out. Accompanied, of course, by screaming sufficient to bring CPS to the door these days. In order to get me back right with the world, she allowed me to put on my favourite dress and get my picture taken.

Pictures were not taken lightly in those days.

And, guess what I did today? Sliced the tip of that same finger with a bread knife. I guess I've always had it in for it!