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Image: rawpixel.com Hello Dear Readers, I've enjoyed writing about some favorite holiday memories over the past few years. This week, I thought I'd "round" them all up to share as my Christmas 2025 post. I hope you enjoy reading these as much as I did writing them.  If you have your own holiday memories to share, please drop a comment or post a link to your own stories. I'd love to read them. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Nancy My Holiday Blog Post Round Up  Butter Cookies - No Christmas was complete without Mom's wonderful cookies (recipe included)! Mom's Chocolate-Covered Cherries Caper - How my mom unwittingly became a Christmas thief! Spider's Christmas - A fun holiday story written by our daughter, Anne, about how this tiny creature learned about Christmas.   My Mom, the Queen of Christmas - No one loved to celebrate like Mom! The Thumb's Christmas - Another cute little story written by our Anne for her little brother James. The Fir...
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FAVORITE PHOTO

by Nancy Gilbride Casey


This favorite photo of many I have taken over the years comes with a special anecdote.

When our daughter Anne (then known as Annie), was preschool age, she dedicated great parts of each day drawing with markers, painting with watercolors, coloring in books. In summer, she drew with chalk on the sidewalk. 

Every gift-giving occasion was another opportunity to buy a new box of crayons or paints, and reams of paper, tablets large and small, and sheaves of manila and construction paper to feed her never-ending appetite to draw.

Her artwork covered our refrigerator, was sent on to grandparents, and hung on our office bulletin boards. 

Art was already ingrained into her little personality.

Each day Annie created literally a dozen or more creations, in a free flow of imagination, wild, exotic, and uniquely from her sometimes funny and observant perspective.

On the occasion of this photo, I captured her one morning, sitting at her little art easel, paintbrush in hand, engrossed in one of that day's many creations.

"Are you going to be an artist when you grow up, Annie?" I asked.

Without taking her eyes off her artwork, and without skipping a beat, she replied,

"But Mommy...I already AM an artist!"

To this day, I can't argue with that.

 

Until next time...
 
This post was inspired by Amy Johnson Crowe's 52 Ancestor in 52 Weeks Challenge. 

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