A third Debbie 140 x 365

Debbie
My most vivid memory of my cousin Debbie was the year she arrived at Grandma’s with lice. I see Grandma combing Debbie’s long, hopelessly snarled hair and hear Debbie’s howls (Owwwwww! Grandma, that hurts!) and Grandma’s curse words: (%&$# lice!).

Debbie returned from that vacation with a much shorter hairstyle.

Comments

Otter said…
I did a double take when this photo popped up, it looks just like my daughter. She even thought so!

We had lice once and it was a nightmare. We felt like apes picking them out of our scalps.
2/1/07, 1:44 PM
Cedar Waxwing said…
It's sad that is the only photo I have of her. Maybe my mom has more.

Yeah, lice are no fun.
2/1/07, 1:58 PM
Bridgett said…
I think that could be one of those things-I-learned-in-kindergarten type of truisms: lice are no fun. Had it in 3rd grade myself, ran rampant through my class. And then I spent my teaching career avoiding it obsessively.
2/1/07, 2:19 PM
Mali said…
LOL! I love Grandma ...
2/1/07, 4:02 PM
Helen said…
Yes, cursin' grandmas are the best.
2/2/07, 12:17 PM
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