This necklace belonged to my great-great aunt Laura (what the L really stands for).
She was the daughter of German immigrants- mother from Prussia, father from Bavaria, he came to the US at 18. But Henrietta came when she was only 2, and spoke with no accent due to her work (as a young girl) as a live-in nanny. Later she worked in a boarding house where she met this German dude Frank.
They had four girls (my great grandmother, Aunt Laura, and
This necklace belonged to my great-great aunt Laura (what the L really stands for).
She was the daughter of German immigrants- mother from Prussia, father from Bavaria, he came to the US at 18. But Henrietta came when she was only 2, and spoke with no accent due to her work (as a young girl) as a live-in nanny. Later she worked in a boarding house where the Frank roomed and ate.
They had four girls (my great grandmother, Aunt Laura, and two who sounded fun and never married), and one boy.
Laura, whose necklace I’m wearing, had one child, a daughter, who as “just a girl,” was seen as unworthy of an education. Well she went on to get her PhD, become a beloved professor, Distinguished Teacher, and Chair of Management at WisconsinState University
In her time, this was unthinkable.
As another Laura and mother of One Girl, I recognize that I cannot imagine the life that will be available to my child.
And I wish I’d remembered to snap a pic before I got in my pjs.
Eh. It doesn’t have to be perfect.
Pretty Good Ugly 