Who's That Girl?

Mimi's hallway is a "Who's Who" of beloved family members. Pictures of Ella's complete extended family are framed and serve as a welcome for all that enter her home. Time is often spent with Ella examining these photos and identifying her loved ones. She is able to easily identify her father in a photo taken on September 6, 2003, but often pauses at the woman in the white wedding gown outside of the Garfield Park Conservatory. Who is this fresh-faced girl grinning from ear to ear? Who is this person with make-up and hair that is carefully styled? I assure her it is her Mama. She does not appear convinced. She has never met that woman. Mama is the person that spends two minutes in front of the mirror each morning, shower-wet hair pulled into a bun. Mama is the one that leaves a ripped contact in her eye for eight hours because she doesn't take the time to fish it out. Mama uses Ella's Eucerin as lip gloss in the morning (tres chic).