Memories of Happier Times
By RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (80812)
Daytona Beach, Florida
June 14, 2024 4:42pm CST
You can see what the fashions were like for women in the 1960s. My mother is the lady in the middle and the other two ladies are her best friends Lidia and Irma. Both ladies also came from Latvia. They live in the same apartment building we lived in. I was asked to appear in the photo wearing my ballet costume. This would have been the year 1966 and in 1967 my dad died. He was taking the photo. That year I was ten and my ballet teacher retired and I stopped taking ballet. My mother stopped existing she sat on the same couch with her two friends beside her trying to return her to the world. I remember very little about it all because I was busy with school. Thought I’d share this since I came across it today, Funny it seems to me that all three friends sort of resemble one another. I am sure that now they are all having fun up above.
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@rachz_kisses (3838)
• Philippines
14 Jun
What a lovely photograph. Every picture tells a story. And yours is something to be kept forever.
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@RasmaSandra (80812)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14 Jun
@rachz_kisses especially knowing my dad took that photo
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@rachz_kisses (3838)
• Philippines
14 Jun
@RasmaSandra and that is what makes it special. 
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@psanasangma (7280)
• India
15 Jun
At one glance I thought they might be sisters and when I read your discussion they weren't but friends. They seems having good time so as having you around them
and when I read your discussion they weren't but friends. They seems having good time so as having you around them2 people like this
@RasmaSandra (80812)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Jun
@psanasangma in the 1960s in the US many ladies had similar hairstyles it was the fashion in those days
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@RasmaSandra (80812)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Jun
@rebelann most of the photos I have bring back memories and tell a story
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@FourWalls (69075)
• United States
15 Jun
Photos have a way of giving a ton of emotions, don’t they.
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@RasmaSandra (80812)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Jun
@FourWalls the thing I love best is that I can see them on my PC then sit back and look through them
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@1creekgirl (41754)
• United States
15 Jun
I know you treasure that photo of you and your mom. Weren't you a cutie! I was a teenager in the 60s and I made a lot of dresses like your mom was wearing.
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@RasmaSandra (80812)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Jun
@1creekgirl actually I loved all things hippie with the hairstyles and jeans and wished I was a teen but my teens were in the 1970s and it was not too bad because it was the age of teen idols
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@RasmaSandra (80812)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Jun
@JudyEv particularly that I know my dad was there taking the photo. Actually he was a lucky guy with three ladies there.
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@LadyDuck (472087)
• Switzerland
16 Jun
@RasmaSandra I am older than you are, in 1968 I had that kind of hairstyle.
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@RasmaSandra (80812)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Jun
@LadyDuck I agree with you and I even notice these kind of hairstyles on teens when I watch my Gidget DVDs
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@RasmaSandra (80812)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Jun
@just4him thank heavens for her friends being around for about a year she was as we say useless and I was just going to school and missing dad
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@just4him (317277)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
16 Jun
@RasmaSandra It was a hard year for both of you.
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@Deepizzaguy (104231)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 Jun
Nice picture of yourself as well as your mom and her best friends.
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@RasmaSandra (80812)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
17 Jun
@Ronrybs it appears everything is more relaxed and not as fashionable these days
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@LindaOHio (181931)
• United States
15 Jun
That's a wonderful photo and is one to be cherished. The dresses and hairstyles bring back so many memories.
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@RasmaSandra (80812)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Jun
@LindaOHio I remember mom with her nail-spike high-heeled shoes and always wondered how she didn't break a leg. I would clamber in her shoes as a toddler and she always took them away from me
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@LindaOHio (181931)
• United States
16 Jun
@RasmaSandra I loved the spike heels; but my feet and toes are all screwed up because of them!
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@RasmaSandra (80812)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Jun
@dya80dya and not technology just regular phones and doing things together
@MarieCoyle (38768)
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15 Jun
Oh yes...the nylons, usually high heels, the pearls, the teased hair and hair spray...that picture is so similar to some I have of the women in my family during that time as well.
You are right, the ladies do actually resemble each other a bit. Ah, memories.
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@RasmaSandra (80812)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Jun
@MarieCoyle that best thing you can have to relive those days - memories
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@MarieCoyle (38768)
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16 Jun
@RasmaSandra
I have many that I treasure in my heart, I am sure that you do, too. It's the best gift from the past we can have.
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@RasmaSandra (80812)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
17 Jun
@grenery8 I played a pony in the ballet recital and had a glittery silver hat, I loved that hat,
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@grenery8 (11164)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
18 Jun
@RasmaSandra that sounds even cuter and creative, i must say.
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@RasmaSandra (80812)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Jun
@snowy22315 they were the best of friends but didn't get together until they came to the US
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@RasmaSandra (80812)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Jun
@jstory07 anytime I could be around my dad I was always happy
@LeaPea2417 (37381)
• Toccoa, Georgia
15 Jun
Nice picture. I have pictures similar of family and family get togethers. They really are priceless.
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@RasmaSandra (80812)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Jun
@LeaPea2417 the best is being able to see them on my PC instead of shuffling through photo albums but I do have plenty of those too
@Tampa_girl7 (50541)
• United States
14 Jun
Thanks for sharing your precious photo. You look cute in your outfit.
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@RasmaSandra (80812)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14 Jun
@Tampa_girl7 that was the age I still wanted to be a prima ballerina
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@zhangxueying (3339)
• China
15 Jun
I'm glad to see this photo, three elegant ladies and a lovely child. And there is also a memory of dad taking photos for you.
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@RasmaSandra (80812)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Jun
@zhangxueying photos that bring nice memories always make me smile
