80th birthday, 2012 - Portland, OR.

         

         78th birthday, 2011- San Francisco, CA

                  Taken at our 50th high school reunion  Creighton, NE.  We were 68 years old.

Ready to go our own way ..  we were eighteen yrs old. 

Taken in Fremont, NE. 

 age five, on the farm in Venus, NE. 

baby picture --  with sister Druella, and brother, Albert. 

Taken in front of the house on the farm where we lived.

1933

When it comes to birthdays, I share mine with my twin sister.  We share a lot .

but sometimes not our view points.

TWIN SISTERS

Sharing womb -- Sharing birth,

Sharing parents and siblings.

Sharing the time of growing up

Sharing each other's laughter and pain;

But yet, when reminiscing in later years

We seem to be telling the story

From a different viewpoint. 

Margaret C. Arvanitis

C: November, 2008

  

Birthdays come and go .. each number a bit larger.  This year I leave this note for

my 76th birthday.  

76th Birthday

I will not wear purple when I get old.

I will not knit nor crochet.

I'll not rock and sing a quiet song

Or sleep away my day.

I shall wear jeans too tight

And cowboys boots and vest.

So save that purple granny dress

Until I am laid to rest. 

 Margaret Arvanitis

C: November 11, 2008