Just a Memory

One of my first memories

This has nothing to do with tax or business, but I thought today I would explain the above photo.

My parents got married later in life (dad was 46 and mom was 35) and I was born a little more than 9 months after they got married. My mother was the oldest of 12 kids and liked to take care of her younger siblings.

One of her sisters was married to a minister and my parents helped move them to Packwood, Washington which is in the Cascade Range of mountains. My parents took me along on the move and while we were there, we went blackberry picking and I tagged along. Based on the photo, I am guessing I am not quite 2 years old.

For some reason I vividly remember going out in the woods with them and picking the berries, but as you can see I likley put more berries in my mouth than I did in the bucket.

I may from time-to-time post some of our old photos. My brother was able to convert over 1,000 slides into digital photos and periodly I will post some of them.