Mind Pictures

I write a letter to each of my children the day they are born or soon after. In the letters I talk about the pregnancy, where their dad and I were employed, and how wonderful it is to have them here. I may talk about how we chose their name, the delivery, and other observations. In my letter to Trina, our 4th little girl, I wrote about her sisters. Here is an exerpt.

November 22, 1989 Taylorsville, UT

Some "mind pictures" I've made in these few weeks of not working while waiting for you are of precious moments with your sisters.

I had worked right up to Trina's due date and then she presented herself eleven days late! My mother and father had come to help, stayed a week, and returned home.

I have a mind picture of Laura making up verses to "Old MacDonald had a Thanksgiving".

I noticed Jasmine and Margret dancing as a couple to nursery tunes on their toy record player.

I caught Margret dancing with her little Raggedy Ann alone in her sunlit bedroom as the radio played softly.

Just before I left the house this morning I woke Laura up. (Jasmine and Margret were already up and dressed and had eaten breakfast). Laura was to go to school at 9:05 for a combined morning and afternoon kindergarten Thanksgiving feast. She put her arms around me and said, "Mom, do me a favor?" I asked what she would like and she said, "Come home safely." What a treasure my girls are.