The Family Portrait

Christmas day,1977 my family posed for apicture,taken by Mr.Bellows,our next door neigh-bor.That photo has become the benchmark for allfamily portraits taken of my family since,not a singleone has equaled its magnificence.In that wonderfulpicture my family is much smaller than it is today,there are no sons-in-law,daughters-in-law,or grand-children,just my father,my mother,my brother,my