Saturday, May 30, 2009

Happy Birthday to Me

Hello all you Freda fans! Today I am celebrating my 93rd birthday. Yes, I know it's hard for most of you to believe. My daughter Rilla is throwing a party in her back yard for me. I'll post some photos of the shindig later.

I was born on May 31, 1916 in Evanston, Wyoming. I had black curls and my parents told me I was a very pretty baby. My parents could not decide what to name me so when I was blessed by my Grandfather Rex, he gave me the name of my mother's sister Freda who had died in infancy. Years later, when I received a copy of my birth certificate, I discovered it had been recorded as Mary Elizabeth, my grandmother's name.