Way-Back-Wednesday #20: Happy Birthday, Margie!

I've thoroughly enjoyed staring at my personalized calendar (thanks Tina!) for the whole month of February.   It hosts two of my all time favorite pics...pics that mean something because of the people in them and the memories they symbolize.

February's pics

Amy, Rose, Lydia, Karen, Anna--circa high school graduation in 2005

taken on the last night of choir tour in Prague--circa 2004

There is of course way more to those pictures than I have time to talk about right now.  Let's just say that if you thought I had a lot of pictures of Darren (from this post), you'd be rolling at some of the pics I could come up of those special girls :) another day, another post.  

So, also on the calendar for the month of February was a special day that only comes once every four years: 

 Do you know anyone born on leap day?  

Because I do.  And she's quite the special lady.

Meet Margie.  The most southern and sweet lady who watched me grow up at 15 The Downs from the day I was born to the day we moved to Oklahoma.  

Happy Birthday, Margie :)

Margie lived across the street from us in Tuscaloosa and watched both my brother and I grow up.  She came to every dance recital, children's acting camp performance, Nutcracker show, graduation, and everything in between.  She created the altar flowers for church every Sunday at University Presbyterian Church, usually picked from her own beautiful garden.  My mom, Margie, and I sat together in "our pew" most Sundays (except the ones where I faked being sick to sleep in...).  Margie's driveway was the straightest and flattest driveway in The Downs, which is where my brother and I learned how to ride a bike, rollerblade, skateboard, you name it.  She is known for her desserts--still to this day!  Her pound cake has always been a Frost Family favorite--probably because of the Paula Dean amount of butter it takes.  I wish I had more scanned pics of us growing up with Margie, but they aren't here with me in Ukraine.  Just know that she's a special, special lady :)

How old are you today, Margie?  20 years old? :)