Saturday, January 21, 2023

OG Chelsea's Birthday

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.

2 comments:

Mike PorterfIeld said...

Happy Birthday, Chelsea🌹! And a BIG thank you to Kathy for the wonderful pictures and story 🤗

Anonymous said...

Love everything about this. A super duper Happy Birthday Chelsea. And a P.S. what cute pictures!!!!💗💜