Caroline was born 12 years ago today.
As is the case with the births of all my daughters, I will always remember the circumstances of that day. Part of what I recall is the change in accommodations for fathers. When my other girls were born, I got to sit in a comfortable white plastic chair for hours on end. This time there was not only a couch for me, but when I tried to lie down on it, the nurse informed me it folded out into a bed. So THAT was great.
Kathleen was amazing. She started labor on the train home from work and didn’t even realize that it had started, assuming that it was Braxton-Hicks. We went to the hospital a little after midnight and she gave birth around 2:30 the following afternoon. For some reason, she became fixated on an article in the newspaper about the history of the latest tree that was put up in Rockefeller Center. She kept asking me to read her the article and I did so about twenty times.
I still remembering the nurse saying “Oh my God” shortly after Caroline was born, which alarmed Kathleen, until the nurse clarified that she was reacting to the size of Caroline’s feet, which were so large that they extended outside of the squares on the piece of paper for footprints. Caroline, as some of you longtime readers know, was named after Carol Kalish, the Marvel Direct Sales Manager who hired me as her assistant and launched my comics career.
She’s now 12 years old and has received her first report card from Middle School. She got all A’s. I couldn’t be prouder of both her and her mommy.
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Congratulations to Caroline for the all-A’s report card, and wishing her a very, very happy 12th birthday.
Happy birthday, Caroline!
Happy birthday, Caroline!
Not many nicer families you could’ve been born into!
Happy Birthday Caroline! Keep it up in school & you will be able to make the world your oyster!
Congratulations, and good wishes all around, but what’s Caroline’s shoe size now?
Ladies size 7.
My god. In another year she’ll be graduating from grade school and heading to high school??? Jesus, where did the years go?
Great job on the report card, Caroline! Take an extra piece of cake!
Happy Birthday!
You and Kath do good work.
I hope i’m still there when Natalie (now six) turns twelve.
And congrats to the sprog on the A report card.
Oops. For those not aware, Natalie is my younger granddaughter.
A bit belated, but Happy Birthday Caroline! And mega-congrats on the straight A’s to boot!
Straight A’s + Birthday = Great birthday gift
Happy birthday and keep up the good school work Caroline.