Today my co-worker turns sixty. She is about five months ahead of me!

She is one of these people who is so very gifted but fell through the cracks at a very early age. (Her parents divorced when she was eight--the girls went with their mother, the boys went with their dad. There were eight kids.) Her mother moved around a lot, and the girls were always re-enrolling themselves in a new school (and, of course, falling behind--and quitting school by the time she was fourteen).

I hope I can help make this day a little special for her. This blog is dedicated to my friend Nancy.