Happy Birthday to
OG Chelsea...
our
first born...
1st of 3 gangstas.
Today we give
Chelsea the mad respect and admiration…
that an OG deserves.
Chelsea may not be
70’s OG - crips style…
but she is
OG-crib syle.
As a mother of 2,
she knows her way around cribs.
Chelsea is also our OG Manomet girl.
She’s passing along her love for Manomet
and Mano traditions
to her kids…
which were passed down to her
from her Dad
and her OG Nana Lenore.
Ansley and Presley are closely following
in their
sandy footsteps
and are well on their beach walk
to becoming
Manomet girls.
I can't help but remember an OGManomet Chelsea story.
Before we bought our home in Manomet…
we rented the same house every year for 20 years…
so basically it was ours.
At the end of 3 weeks…
Chelsea would write down
a list of things we did,
date it,
and then tape it to the back of the owner’s framed pictures.
When we would arrive the next summer
she would check the back of every picture
to make sure they were still taped there.
One year the owner told us
that she noticed
paper hanging down from behind
one of her framed pictures.
She turned it over to find Chlesea’s written notes.
She thought it was sweet, so she re-taped it
and hung the picture back on the wall.
If she checked the rest of her pictures
hanging in her house…
she would have also found
“Chelsea was here."
That’s how OG’s operate.
Anywhoooo……
When I remember Chelsea
at the ages her girls are now…
I can clearly “sea” in my mind,
clear as a Manomet beach day…
Chelsea on the jetties jumping from rock to rock.
Chelsea swimming to Flat Rock.
Chelsea on a sea glass walk
looking for a “Grand Slam”…for the win.
Chelsea's last day ritual of flapping her arms
and jumping at the sugar shack.
Chelsea bringing home a bag of sand from the beach.
I will always treasure my early Manomet memories of
no tv, no internet, no cell phones...
untethered by time.
Blissful days of
Chelsea
playing on the beach
with her brother and sister with that
devil-may-care,
wind in their hair,
forever unaware
youthful innocence.
Nothin' compares.
How perfect was this year's Christmas gift
from OG PaulA
to his Manomet girls?
A t-shirt that he designed...
cleverly made
With Love.
Today we celebrate Chelsea
…
our first born
(who despite being the guinea pig
1st test child)
grew into an amazing woman
with immeasurable love
for her family
and
all things tradition.
Chelsea,
may you always let your inner
OG shine.
