Photos of TJ as a child

Hi again guys! I got a letter from my mother the other day. She was cleaning up and found a lot of old photos, so she mailed some to me - yes, the old-fashioned way in the post. I scanned them so that I could show them to you.

The first picture features me in a dress that my mother made for me. Actually, she hates sewing, but I guess she was happy to have a little girl so she made this dress for me. I was one and a half years old at the time. My grandmother thought I was angelic and sweet ... She didn't know how tough I would become later! When I was a teenager, I hated wearing dresses. My mother made a rule: that I had to wear one at least once a month to church!

In the second picture, I'm a little older, about 3, and evidently quite active already (although I hadn't discovered bicycles yet). This picture was taken in the winter in Calgary near my grandparents' home.

The last picture features me reading. I was an avid reader as a child and am a "bookworm" to this day. I used to walk to the local library every Friday as a child, return many a book, and take out many new ones. I then had to lug them home -- 1 kilometre up a steep hill! I read all the time: on long family trips, in church (secretly), at school (under my desk) and in bed at night. My Mom used to come to my bedroom and tell me to stop reading when I finished a chapter. However, I was usually so engrossed in the book that I would forgot altogether and just keep reading. By the time she checked on me again, I would already be well into the next chapter, so, again, she would tell me to stop after I finished that chapter. And on it went.

Gosh, look at that long hair and the freckles (spots) on my nose and cheeks! It's hard to believe that's me, but it is! (;