two daughters

When I was a baby, my parents (I say parents, but I am guessing this was my mom's idea), had a portrait artist do a pastel of me and gave it to my grandparents as a gift. My grandmother gave the portrait back to my parents several years ago and they hung it in their house, which is affectionately known as a shrine to Alison. There are pictures--school, glamour, and otherwise--of me all over the house. I took this on Christmas Eve before my dad and I left to visit my mom's family in Milwaukee, without her for the very first time.