There Was a Little Girl: The Real Story of My Mother and Me (55 page)

Mom’s beautiful smile on the veranda during the rehearsal for the ceremony.

Lara Porzak

Surprise dinner party for Mom’s seventieth birthday at our California house.

Mom, Lila, and me in our favorite New York City photo booth on the Upper East Side.

Mom being silly on Thanksgiving with a doomed turkey.

My favorite picture of Rowan kissing her mama. She peed on me a second later.

Two of my favorite baby dolls, Rowan and Blabby.

Easter—Toots and Rowan.

Chris, Rowan, and myself in our backyard, Grier in the oven.

Lara Porzak

Grier eating my face and me loving every minute of it.

Elizabeth Messina

My real-life doll.

Ladies who lunch.

Delicious kisses from my Gdawg.

Mom with her two dogs, Blabby and Donut. See if you can find both. . . .

Me and my ladies.