19

We celebrated my oldest niece's 19th birthday this week. 

Nineteen. I can't believe it.

This is my lovely niece at her birthday dinner.

This is how I will always think of her.

At nineteen my mother was engaged to be married. At nineteen I left college and moved to NYC. At nineteen my niece is smart, funny, well spoken, poised, filled with common sense and older than her years with an extremely promising future. And tall.

Happy birthday and I can't wait to see what you do next!