FAVORITE PHOTO

If I had to choose just one photo as a favorite, I would have a difficult choice to make. There are several family pictures that always bring me back to a simpler time and flood my heart with sweet memories of people I loved then and still do. This particular photo always brings a smile to my face for many reasons, but mainly because it depicts two of my most favorite people in this world. It’s a 1949 picture of my sister, Natalie around the age of 3 with my dad in the backyard of the old family home on DeKalb Street in Chicago. She has such an impish grin on her little face...one I had seen often throughout the years. In my mind's eye, I imagine that her smile was an attempt to charm her way out of whatever mischief she was planning or had just accomplished. I’m sure none of this was lost on my dad, but the love in his heart for his little girl jumps out of the photo and is evident by the expression on his face. Just a guess...but I suspect that Natalie’s winning smile did the trick.  Love and miss them both.

Natalie & Dad - May 1949