Mama Kat Thursday: First Day of School
Me, 1963 The Mama Kat Prompt topic for today is "First Day of School." You have to set the way-back machine for 1963: my first day of school. My Dad captured the moment in black and white. I remember I was embarrassed to have a camera aimed at me, that's why I was pointing. In 1963 only dresses were worn to school. If it was cold, you could wear pants under your skirt, but you had to take them off once you arrived at school. My Mom made this outfit, as she sewed the majority our clothes. (And made clothes for our Barbies, I might add.) I wore a short hair cut with bangs until I got to high school and could take of my hair myself. That was generally the rule on hair, though I seem to recall a few home-perms happening along the way. Oddly, my naturally wavy hair lays quite straight when cut short. We lived way out in the country along a state road surrounded pretty much by trees. There were no neighborhood kids to play with. Being the oldest, I...