A Baby Girl
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The story starts on the brink of midnight, during the autumn of the year. A baby girl is born in the month of October. The year is 1953. The day is Monday. It has been said ‘ Mondays Child is Fair of Face.’
Anne is the first child born to Larry & Mary. In the scheme of things she is the first granddaughter in a rapid succession of males. She will be doted upon by her father’s mother. The Grandmother has lost two girl children, carried to term, after three thrieving boys.
Her father resides at the same hospital. Ten days ago he has been in car crash, his leg is shattered in twenty-three different places. His new daughter is brought to him and he is given the job of naming her. He chooses Patty, to rhyme with Fatty. This baby girl is well over eight pounds and twenty – one inches long. Her mother fills in the gaps to the naming ritual and once decided she becomes, Patricia Anne Hine.
In review, Anne has been born in a quiet time in history. There is no war, jobs are available for the asking – drug testing and GED’s are not yet required, and rent is affordable without the frills of security deposits and application fees.
*** Journal Entry 3-27-06
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