Seventeen years ago Olivia was born in a hospital waiting room. It was the “Pregnant Mothers” waiting room. The baby was coming fast so the nurse called the doctor, and ran to get a lamp. After sticking the two wires into the wall outlet the bare incandescent light bulb helped the doc see what was going on. An hour later we were back at our apartment, proudly showing off our 10 pound 8 ounce Brazilian baby. As I recall the price was $100 for the doctor, $1 for the needle and a couple of bucks for the medicine in the needle.
And we have been proud of Olivia ever since. Seventeen years!
In this photo of her birthday lunch:
Isabella, Olivia, Emma, Deanna, Anni, Rick, Chelsea, Penny and Danny
Wow! Seventeen already. Pretty quick now she’ll be an adult.
Six weeks and Anika will be 19. Man how time flies.