Tori and Rina last Christmas
We had a big family dinner last month at Pop’s place. He’d mentioned that he hadn’t seen “the gang” since we’d moved from Northville, in 2007, and he wanted to do a barbecue and have everyone come over. We did just that for our Leos dinner where Aunt Judy and I celebrate our birthdays together. I’m proud that my family, the brothers and sisters I met and took as part of my family in life’s journey, have been part of my world long enough that most of them remember when Tori and Rina were babies. They were a “no way” part of the discussion when I mentioned how old they were!
They used to welcome me home from work when
they were at their grandparents' house
with kisses and stealing my jewelry!
US Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio
They were 4
They're about 10 in this one
This is Christmas Eve 2008.
They're 14 and don't now they have an Uncle David yet..
They very well may have been out with friends last night to count down to midnight and buy their first legal alcoholic drink. Today, September 13, 2015, those sweet little girls pictured above are 21! I told them yesterday that whenever and however they celebrate with their friends, be crazy and make sure there is a designated driver!
20-year-olds last Christmas
Monumental things that happen in your life can be very easy to remember. I remember my first legal drink when I was 19. I was in Canada and I had a glass of Maria Christina white wine with dinner. That was fun because I was perfectly legal but not legal at home. My friends and I spent a couple of years hanging out in Windsor.
My first legal drink in the US was on my 21st birthday. I worked that day and I went to lunch with my mom and our boss, mom and I worked in the same office at the time. We went for Chinese and I had a mai tai with lunch. It was 1987; I don’t think a boss would take an employee out to have a drink with lunch on her 21st birthday now. Maybe, I’m a little past 21 now.
I don’t worry that the girls have never had alcohol. Even above and beyond a glass of wine at a family gathering, Italian family, remember, I know Canada wasn’t the only place I had a drink when I was 19&20, just the only place I drank legally. Turning 21 was pretty cool to me because I was really an adult then. I could do ALL of the things adults could do. Drinking was a big deal on the weekends for a while, then it settled in to just a social thing. I really haven’t been much of a drinker for a number of years now. (But I have to have schnapps during the holidays!)
I hope the girls enjoy taking a big ole bite out of the alcohol apple for the celebration as it becomes no longer the forbidden fruit. Then accept it as something that complements the fun with their friends and not let it be the fun.
David and I will be having dinner and a casino night with the girls, their parents and a couple of their friends in a couple of weeks. I’ll try and get them to take a picture with me then, for an update. This one is from last Christmas.
I have always said it and always will; they get cooler and cooler every year!
2 comments:
What a pleasant walk down memory lane. Happy BIrthday to Tori and Rina. One's 21st birthday is certainly a milestone in their life. I can't remember if I did any celebrating on my 21st b/day. I had two little daughters and was expecting my third.
I guess in a way that was a form of celebrating. I was bringing forth little bits of me to enhance the population. (Hmmm, I had to think about that for a minute.)
Enjoy your dinner and casino night out. It sounds like a fabulous outing. You have a wonderful day my friend. Hugs, Edna B.
How exciting that you're going to the casino! I always love that place because it gives you the feeling of being in Vegas without getting on a plane :-) have a great time !!
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