Carolyn’s basement finds were the birth announcements she and her husband sent out after their daughters were born. “Our first daughter was born soon after the 1984 election, in which I had worked 24/7 for the losing presidential candidate,” Carolyn wrote. On March 27, 1988, Elizabeth Anne Packer was born, like her older sister, at the Columbia Hospital for Women. I’m impressed by the creativity of those birth announcements — and the foresight. Carolyn said that finding the birth announcements were a comforting reminder of her “very funny, smart and creative husband.”ADIt was also, Carolyn wrote, “a nice reprieve from the flood of bad news we hear every day.

Source: Washington Post May 25, 2020 21:54 UTC