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Carol and Irish Red May 9, 1980_Page_1.j

Raising Carol Ann

Barbara and Carol Blinn taken May 1983 at neighbor's home
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Taken at Christmas. By the look on Barbara's face, one can see it was a stressful day with Jean
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The corded phone in the kitchen. This picture was taken two years after my parents' divorce but the house was the same as in the book. 
Carol's first day of kindergarten.
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My high school graduation party at my mother's friend Vickie Korporal's home. Vicki is portrayed as Jackie Campbell in Bullheaded Inner Strength
My grandmother Blinn bought my father this chair. This was the one and only time I was allowed to sit in it.
Christmas 1978. This was the first Christmas without my brother Marky. 
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My college graduation with my mother, 1992. 
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