Not So Wordless Wednesday: A Birthday Story, One Year Ago Today

. . . I woke to a unique birthday surprise. My mother, Suzanne Freeman, had written a guest post for Shades of the Departed, kindly published by our friend footnoteMaven.

Twice Told Tuesday: A Birthday Story

Mom was so excited to attend the SCGS Jamboree in 2009 and meet the many bloggers and genealogists she followed. I am not sure where she got the idea for the article, and how she concocted the scheme to post it on Shades, but she was delighted with her own cleverness.

I tried to persuade her to write her own blog, even setting up a sample page for her, “Mercy Me!” and printing the name on her contact cards, but she liked being a guest author best. This June, she enjoyed seeing her blogger friends, especially footnoteMaven and Thomas MacEntee, again in Burbank.

Mom has never been one to let a birthday slip by. Our childhood celebrations were extravaganas of creative energy. Each party was fully themed: balloons, Flower Power (must have been the 60’s; I really remember that one), a teenage candlelight dinner in the dining room for the birthday girl and friends.

Mother and daughter, August 11, 1955

Sadly, Mom has been ill this summer, and isn’t up to her usual birthday hijinks but I know she is dreaming up more surprises than ever! Her own birthday isn’t until January, so I have some time to plan something exceptional for her!