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A LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER...
MY FIRSTBORN
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| Happy Birthday, Kristin! Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood |
NOTE: With THANKS to Billy Crystal (City
Slickers movie) who inspired my annual birthday phone
call to my daughter, Kristin.
CLICK on the link or COPY & PASTE the link in your browser:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101587/trivia
Another true story from Billy Crystal's
life is the wake up call from his mother on his birthday. According to
Billy in the DVD Commentary, in real life, his mother would call him on
his birthday at around 5 o'clock in the morning (the time he was born)
and verbally re-enact the event over the phone. The rendition in the
film is word-for-word the true story of Billy Crystal's birth.
CLICK on the link or COPY & PASTE the link in your browser:
http://www.movies.com/city-slickers/m12705
Dear Kristin,
You will be 504 months old
tomorrow, April 8, 2014.
I remember the day before you
were born: April 7, 1972.
My water broke in the early
morning while I was still in bed.
Jeannie and Ray, our next door neighbors
at the townhouse heard me yelling through the thin walls -
before your dad (who was sound asleep right next to me) woke up. He insisted I wet the bed, and refused to get up.
I called the doctor's office, and they advised
me to stay at home.
My mom (Mema) and Granny Lucille came to the rescue.
Mema cussed, and cleaned our townhouse.
Granny Lucille made
pies.
That's just what they did.
Twenty-four hours later - I
went to the hospital.
My regular OB/GYN was out of
town, and a horrible doctor took his place: not one nurse liked him. (He was later fired.)
Your head came out while the
doctor hid out in the doctor's lounge.
Mema banged repeatedly on the door of
the doctor's lounge, and warned him: "If you don't come out and
deliver my first grandchild - then I'll do it, and send you the bill."
It was too late for drugs or an epidural.
Your dad almost missed your
birth when he went home to feed the demon-cat, Billy Jack.
You were born April 8, 1972:
totally bald - and totally beautiful - wearing the Norwood nose.
I wondered how I carried you
for nine months, and you came out looking like his side of the family.
I fell in love with you
immediately.
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| Kristin Lee Norwood. Copyright 1972 Marcia Norwood |
You will be 504 months old
(that's 42 years) tomorrow, April 8, 2014.
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| Kristin. Copyright 2011 Marcia Norwood |
Happy Birthday to my first-born.
You are a beautiful wife to Dave, and mother to Joshua, Emily and Caleb, but you will always be
my little girl.
I love you,
Mom
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| Kristin & Marcia. Copyright 1976 Marcia Norwood |
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| December 26, 1992: Kristin & Marcia. Copyright 1992 Marcia Norwood |
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| Dave, Kristin, Caleb, Joshua, Emily. Copyright 2009 Marcia Norwood |
| Kristin "mothering" Her Look-A-Like Daughter (Marcia's Granddaughter) Emily Grace. Copyright 2010 Marcia Norwood |
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| Kristin and Caleb. Copyright 2003 Marcia Norwood |
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| Emily Grace & Kristin. Copyright 2009 Marcia Norwood |
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| Kristin, Emily, Dave, Joshua. Copyright 2000 Marcia Norwood |
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| Joshua, Emily, Santa, Caleb, David, Kristin. Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood |
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| Joshua, Kristin, Emily and Caleb. Copyright 2006 Marcia Norwood |
Thanks for stopping by!
Come back often, and invite a friend!
Marcia Norwood
Kristin's Mom
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking
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