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Mother on the left and me on the right.

We're about the same age in these two very different presentations.

Mom is holding her favorite doll, one that had a bisque head and was lovingly outfitted by friends of her mother's who gave it to her one Christmas.

Mrs. Wiley cut out the silhouettes of all of us that were in her first grade class.

I look pretty grown up, I'd say.

Do click on the image so that you can see how sweet my Mother looked.

You will see, however, that the paper of my profile is pretty tattered.

I just decided to frame it last year before it disintegrated.

I'm not planning to do the same thing...

Disintegrate, that is!