Today is the centenary of my mother’s birth. Or maybe not.
As I think I’ve mentioned before we have three different birth certificates for my mom. They’re all for November 15. They all list the same parents and place of birth. But they’re for three different years: 1921, 1922, and 1923. We suspect that my grandmother gave a phony date of birth (1921) to get a birth certificate that would allow my mom to start school early but it’s just a suspicion. There were no pre-schools back then. So 1921 it is!
The picture of my mom above was taken by my dad, probably while they were dating or just after they were married. I like publishing these early pictures because I believe that none of my siblings remember my mom when she was young and slim and pretty as I do.
