>>Well I was not born here but have lived in CT since about 1985. Lived close to Coventry too... in Tolland for 20yrs, now in Manchester.
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>I was born in Manchester ... but only because my grandmother was a nurse at the hospital there and Coventry has no hospitals. My mother moved to Manchester a few years ago ... after selling the big house in Coventry that we all grew up in.
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A big house for short daughters ;-)

Not giving you a hard time. I didn't know you are quite SO short. Height runs in my family. My older daughter is 5'6". The younger one is 5'9" and was an outside hitter on the volleyball team.

UPDATE: Here she is -- http://www.ihigh.com/roundlakepanthers/gallery_38228.html

I realize parental bragging is legion but she has knocked my socks off from birth. She has my best qualities, her mom's, and some way beyond either of us. Truly a miracle.

I don't know where she got the Yale shirt. It is one of the colleges she has applied to. Yale and Brown are at the top of her list. She wants to be an architect and they both have excellent programs. The Yale dean received an award this year. She also applied to Stanford, which I think is less likely. They only let in 5% of applicants and those are good applicants.

I really do not claim credit -- she is beyond me already -- but as general advice to young parents, never stop encouraging them. When she was little we had a set piece where I would ask her, "Who's the best little girl in the world?" "Me!" she would say. She has always been loved unconditionally.