My First Car

That must be my cousin Frankie sitting in my brand new, light blue pedal car. I put a lot of miles on that beauty, round and round on Mom & Eddie's driveway. This photo makes us look like film noir cheats and petty criminals. In truth, my mother's family were farmers, truck drivers, loggers, mechanics and homemakers. That's my great-great grandfather, Pop, in the rocking chair. He lived in my great-grandmother's house in Sumner. His room was behind a set of etched glass doors and he never came out when we were there. Sure, he could have been away on Don and Diane's Fun Tours those weekends, but I'm sure he was in there reading magazines and nibbling on a stash of snacks and beverages until the coast was clear. I can relate.