She would have been 100 today

My mother was born today in 1921. She graduated from Wheelock College in 1943 with a BS  degree in Education.This silhouette was done in the late  early 40s, I wish I knew the story behind it, was spontaneous or specially ordered at a sitting of some sort? 


She and my father were engaged on Valentine's Day in 1946, began building a house and were married that August. My dad was just back from the war after serving in Northern India and became a union pipe fitter.

My mother taught first grade locally until I was born, then went back to teaching again when my brother was 11. She was a fabulous cook, Early American antique collector, only child, lover of her home and our old place in Machiasport, Maine. My lovely father was absolutely everything to her,  but he predeceased her by 9 years. Those years were emotionally difficult for her until she joined him after suffering a sudden and massive heart attack in 2007. She would have adored her great grandchildren, Nora Jo and Hunter James.


For the Record,
This day came in sunny and cold.


All hands very wary.