Commemorating A Rite of Passage.

"It is the sweet things of life which are the real ones, after all."
Laura Ingalls Wilder.

August 9th, 2010.

Louise, Happy Birthday Darling.

Who'd have thought from this, much earlier "rite of Passage for us,

to four years & three weeks later, came one of our life's many blessings.

The beautiful woman you are today.