Photo Essays
Theresa, My Daughter
A child's life
How does one celebrate the life of
an only child,
a daughter named Theresa?
There are many ways, of
course.
Carefully chosen photographs, however,
recount a story that requires but a few words...
My daughter is about to
graduate from high school
this June, 2003.
She's no longer a child with simple desires
and an easy temperament.
Theresa is slowly becoming a woman,
a woman not unlike her mother.
I won't kid you here.
Theresa is not what I'd call enthusiastic about my preparing this photo essay. More than
anything, I don't think she wants the world beating a path to our Internet door to view
her life on-line. I don't blame her, so I've gone to the trouble of making sure this site
isn't indexed on any search engines. One caution before proceeding, and that is of photo
quality, especially of the older ones. What the photos in this collection sometimes lack
in quality in no way lessens their value as a means of chronicling my daughter's life thus
far.
With that thought in mind, let's go forward
with my personal tribute to my daughter, Theresa...
Theresa was born at home
with the assistance
of two trained midwives in the spring of 1985.
Her dad, Irv, was also in attendance along
with my mom, Theresa's Grandma.
Theresa with
Grandma.
A little music on the piano,
playing "noses" with Grandpa,
and opening her first birthday presents.
Moms sometimes like to view their
children up close.
and sometimes from a little further
away.
Theresa with Grandpa.
Theresa with some of her favourite
things.
Me, Theresa, her dad.
Despite Theresa's dad's and my divorce,
the two of them continued to spend
an enormous amount of time together.
Each summer they spend at least two weeks
camping in various
locations in
and around Alberta, our home province in Canada.
Theresa and a group
of girls she'd met
during one of her camping trips to southern
Alberta.
Theresa is to the right.
Theresa among the rocks
in Alberta's badlands.
Theresa, right, with neighbour Jessica.
Playing dress up in mom's old clothes.
Graduating from kindergarten.
In Grade One, Theresa receives
the Citizen of the Week Award
from the school principal.
 
Getting ready for Grade One Graduation.
Grade One Graduation, at last!
The date these photos were taken was
July 30, 1993.
It marks the date Theresa gained a step-dad, Chris.
Since Theresa was going to be our flower
girl, she,
of course, had to properly prepare.
She then practiced with a flower (on her nose)
before the mirror prior to the arrival
of our guests.
Chris, Theresa, me.
Just goofing around at our 150 Street
house.
Theresa's had a long-standing love of cats.
Here she is with a collection cats,
some live and some that have come
to life in her imagination.
Theresa and Chris
go to Disneyland
in February 1997.
School photos from Grades Two through
Six.
The last day of elementary school with
her friends.
My favourite photo of Theresa,
Theresa's favourite self-portrait.
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