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.