The wind was so fierce it blew Mom’s Tie o’ the Day clean off her neck. Or something like that. But her hair is perfect. Mom has always loved her hairspray.
This slide has always been a family favorite. Even Mom looked forward to seeing it turn up in the slide rotation. It is dated 1968, but I don’t know where it was taken. I should have paid more attention to location details during our family get-togethers for slide-watching on the living room wall. The exact circumstance of the picture is unclear, but I have a feeling Dad was giving all the directions. “Hey, Helen. Go stand sideways over by the edge, facing into the wind.” He probably cracked a joke about “mountain ranges” or some such thing. I’m sure she was replying to him with jokes as snappy as his. I’m also sure they were both loving every minute of it.
She misses him so.