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32. will do. when she was in H.S. a teacher

Wed Apr 9, 2014, 01:26 AM

Apr 2014

requested a meeting with my mom. my mom thought nance had gotten into trouble which would have been strange. anyway the teacher talked about what a great writer nance was and that my mom should encourage her to write. instead she went to fashion school. she's also a great artist. one year she didn't have money for christmas and she made my mom a beautiful large painting. it was done completely with makeup. she had a boyfriend who was in a band and she made all the costumes for the band members for their gigs. those costumes were quite something.

another time she made a suit for my boyfriend. he told her what he wanted. it was edwardian. she didn't have a pattern but took one of his sport jackets and made her own pattern. it was quite an outfit -- burgundy velvet.

i guess i went off on a rant about my sister, but she is so talented.

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