Glorious Mommy

It was also time for Valerie to serve as Matron of Honor in her sister Karen’s wedding party. Karen was marrying Charles Robert (“Uncle Chuckie-Poo”) Webb.

Dr Laura Schlesinger calls these ceremonial outfits “ugly-dresses;” I thought Valerie was smashing¹ in hers. But then what do I know?

¹To borrow an expression from Kent Pugmire, our delightful Billerica Ward bishop, who would so describe Valerie on another dress-up occasion, a few years later.