General Manners: Deliver gifts with joy.

Suburban Chicago, February 1962. My Mom persuades me not to hesitate before delivering a gift.

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Suburban Chicago, February 1962. There. *That's* the way to deliver a gift.

Frustrations

Amber Reunion experienced some technical frustrations today. I was ready to walk away and neglect my self-imposed "post quota."

But I am a stubborn hag. So I did a jig, popped a finger wag, and basta. We are back in business.

Suburban Chicago, March 1964. I dance to shake out the pre-bedtime frustrations.

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Suburban Chicago, March 1964. I've learned the finger-wag gesture from Tatjana. That maneuver, if pointed towards a Parent, will really send me to bed.

General Manners: Take a bath before you go to sleep.

Suburban Chicago, November 1961. I'm back in the turquoise bathroom of the master bedroom.

General Manners: Say your prayers before you go to sleep.

Suburban Chicago, 1964. Mom readies me for sleep. The image above my bed is a replica of Our Lady of the Gates of Dawn from Vilnius, Lithuania.