March 30, 2008

The Four Cs

Chantele, Charmaine, Cherise, Cherelle - The Four Cs

“We are sisters. We will always be sisters. Our differences may never go away, but neither, for me, will our song.”
- Elizabeth Fishel

One of my favorite photos of my sisters, circa 1974. (I'm the hottie in the red bikini) This was taken in the front yard of the house where we grew up, in the oak tree we referred to as second base. There were three oak trees in the yard, which (due to placement) worked particularly well as 1st, 2nd and 3rd base. Home base was a laurel hedge. With all the ball games we played in that yard, somehow we managed to never break a car window...an amazing feat considering the driveway was directly behind 2nd base.

Hello sistahs! (34 years later...)

Miss you...

19 comments:

Anonymous said...

Fabulous picture! How nice to have so many sisters!

Smarty Pants said...

What a great photo!
I am sort of an only child (bro and sis 18 and 21 years older). I can't imagine having so many close friends. You are blessed!

Michelle Engel Bencsko said...

What a perfect picture! I love it!!!

Rosebud Collection said...

What a sweet picture..nothing like family..

Hey Harriet said...

Awwww...that's so cute :)

Four Cs? Serious? How wacky!

Infinite Cosmos said...

you gals are absolutely adorable! you are so lucky to have sisters. I was cursed with 3 brothers (though i love them, i always wanted at lease ONE sister!)

Grizzly Mountain Arts said...

That's such a sweet picture!

Anonymous said...

Love the pictures of you and your sisters, "before" and "after"....childhood, that is! How beautiful you all are, and what a sweet remembrance. Love your names! What a great post. Makes me want to call my sister, Nancy....think I'll do that now.

Beki - TheRustedChain said...

That's just adorable!!

picciolo said...

what a great picture!
: )

Unknown said...

deares diva, unfortunately, I dont have any sister so I guess i missed out a lot on sisterhood, but you all have such wonderful and beautiful names and I am very sure you are still the same hottie in bikini :)

StaroftheEast said...

Oh how sweet, wish I had sisters...
so nice to see you back then and now :)

Anonymous said...

So sweet! Glad you guys are still close after all those years!

Auntie Joy said...

Charmaine
You forgot to tell them about the dog... Speaking of C's Your sister on the end I can't remember which C she is looks so much like your mom!
Such a sweet pst it brought tears to my eyes!
JOY!

High Desert Diva said...

We had a French poodle named Chante
(shon-tay)...I swear he came with that name!

Cherelle is on the left, and yes, she looks a lot like my mom. Chantele is next to her, then Cherise, then me.

Anonymous said...

Great photo - I can see why it's one of your favorites!

Prairie Gothic said...

How great to have sisters!

Unknown said...

Look at you hotties :) How sweet is that seeing the then & now! Matt's family is all M's, 9 of them from grandparents to Matt's generation.

Willow's World & Willow's Wool said...

what a great moment captured