Mom was expecting when we moved back to St. George from Henderson. Kathryn was born Oct. 9, 1944.
Dad was unemployed so he was there for a change to cook our meals while Mom was in the hospital for 10 days. We thought it was pretty exciting watching Dad create interesting pots of food for us. After all, he was a man and that was woman's work. After the first pot of what he told us when we asked, "Slumgullion Surprise", we developed faith in his concoctions and ate with out too much complaining.
We were glad when Mom was back on the job again.
Kathryn was just the opposite of Deanna. She had Daddy's brown eyes as opposed to Deanna's bright blue. Kathryn's skin was darker than Deanna's fair. Kathryn's coppery brown hair grew slowly and was never long and curled into ringlets. She was larger boned than Deanna's slim frame. where Deanna loved to play with dolls, Kathryn always had an aversion to them.
It was not fair. Kathryn and I had much the same problem as we watched Deanna get all the admiring words from visiting friends and family.
Kathryn was as beautiful as Deanna ever was, but in a different way. Like choosing between Vanilla and Chocolate ice cream. Who is to say which is best? They are both wonderful!
Their personalities were so different. Deanna was all smiles and dainty ways. Kathryn was full steam ahead. she knew how to have fun. daddy thought she was his special one. His tomboy.
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