The Story of the Dress My Mother Made:
All three of my daughters wore this cute little yellow dress when they were somewhere between the ages of 2 and 3. But my mother made the dress for my oldest daughter Christy for her 2nd birthday. She was using a pattern that she had when I was a little girl and the dress was taking her a long time to make. She had taken the dress with her to work one day to show her co-workers. As she was leaving work, pulling out of a parking lot, she was hit head-on by a group of teenagers who were driving too fast and lost control of their car. This accident put my mom in the hospital for 5-6 weeks. When she got out of the hospital, she discovered that there was blood spattered everywhere inside the car she was driving, but not a mark of any kind on this little yellow dress and pinafore!!! Each of my girls wore this dress, and I made sure they each had their picture taken in it. I still have this dress! Sure miss my mother!
--Monja Burgess
Christy
July 1976, almost 2 years old
Cherie
Fall 1986, almost 3 years old
Melanie
About 2 1/2 years old
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