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[ceebeegee]

My aunt Clarissa is in town. She's my other godmother (my aunt Jenny, who visited a couple of weeks ago, is the first one) and the second oldest of my dad's sisters. Since she's my godmother and I am sort of her namesake (Clara and Clarissa are both family names) I always sort of identified with her, because when I was a kid my grandmother had a picture of her as a kid that I thought was me (with long skinny braids, just the way I always wore my hair). When I told my mother this a while ago she sniffed "you're much prettier than she is." She is tall and skinny and angular with blonde (now grey) hair, and a very big smile. We Greens have ginormous smiles. The Osmonds have nothing on us.

My dad has six brothers and sisters--three boys and four girls. In order--Chippy, Metty, Barty, Sissy, Crissy, Casey, Suzy.