My sister, Velna Cooper Brown

Today would have been her birthday and it reminded me of all the good times we have had as a family with her.  My brother, Jim, called her "Burp a Burp Burp" because she flew around doing everything at the same time.   He said she could teach a piano lesson, run to kitchen to can pickles in a hot water bath, and then run to the Singer sewing and make a dress for her to wear tomorrow. 

She was a true Renaissance woman.  Happy Vee-Day!