Author’s note: when you publish two birth announcements, you must not miss the third. The next year. Didn’t.
The Publisher and the Mechanical Superintendent agreed. She would name the girls. He would name a boy.
Michaela was the feminine form of Michael, a boy’s name in the running since the first born. Lara was chosen for the neighbor who baby sat Sheryl and also named our rescued dog ‘The Brown Bomber.’
‘Mickey’ didn’t lead cheers, but she taught and led the band twirlers at Chapel Hill High School. Also played flute and piccolo.
With photographic help from Daily Texan University of Texas classmate Warren Burkett, we published the arrival of daughter Michaela Lara.
