AUTOBIOGRAPHY - 1981 - 31 Years Old - Akron, Colorado

REBEKAH BORN!!  August 18, 1981 8:10 a.m.

I found a set of Chrismons made of dough painted white, glazed and decorated with blue glitter.  They were stored in a tin Saltine Cracker box.  (Remember when Saltines came in tin boxes?)   Abi and I made them during Advent of  Rebekah's first Christmas, 1981.  Abi had turned three that fall.  I still have some of the ornaments she painted.  Rebekah was strapped in a baby tray on the table so she could see what we were doing. She liked looking at pretty things.  As I was a columnist for the weekly small town paper, I wrote about making the ornaments, including the dough recipe.  One of my acquaintances asked to come over  to see them.  Sure!  She looked them over and sniffed,  "They sounded a lot prettier than they actually look."