Aamused in Austin, TX

She is the first to bemoan the lack of pictures we have of her as an infant. My dad was shooting mostly slide film back then and we don't even have a projector any more. She will say "I know I was a black-market baby."

And so, back in November, my Mother asked me if I had anything special planned to fete my sister's 40th birthday.

"Yes," I said, "I'm going to give her a bill of sale as a black-market baby."

There was a protracted silence on the other end and then "Oh you are horrible!" (pause)"You know your sister's going to love it.

After months of hemming and hawing, and waiting until nearly the very last minute (I climb on the plane Thursday morning) I have the document written. I'll print it out on parchment paper, give it ribbon and a wax seal. Clip a picture of her when she was but a few days old to it, and stick it in a shadow box frame.

An image to show you the old, Colonial style font I choose can be found here in my scrapbook.

The text of the document is below the LJ cut:
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hee hee....

I'm sooooooooooooo goin to hell for this one :)