The film everybody went to see: "The Way we Were"
Day: 16
Year: 1989
Age: teenage
Location: Cleveland
Bumbershoot, which mostly featured jazz
Day: 15
Year: 1988
Age: teenage
Location: Cleveland
World Trade Center opened, Sears Tower finished
Day: 14
Year: 1987
Age: teenage
Location: Cleveland
First cellular phone call happened
Day: 13
Year: 1986
Age: teenage
Location: Cleveland
Roe v Wade went down in '73
Day: 12
Year: 1985
Age: pre-teen
Location: Cleveland
What else turns 50 in 2023? Hip Hop
Day: 11
Year: 1984
Age: pre-teen
Location: Cleveland
Bridget is ten has kissed a boy
Day: 10
Year: 1983
Age: pre-teen
Location: Cleveland
Gift: Yes, coming when I see you next
Bonus: Yes, a song
Catholic school girl, no surprise, a good student
Day: 9
Year: 1982
Age: child
Location: Cleveland
Older sister to younger sisters
Day: 8
Year: 1981
Age: child
Location: Cleveland
Always accomplished, always competent, always driven
Day: 7
Year: 1980
Age: child
Location: Cleveland
Balance of push and pull, soft and hard
Day: 6
Year: 1979
Age: child
Location: Cleveland
Father showed the resilience of tenderness
Day: 5
Year: 1978
Age: child
Location: Cleveland
Mother showed industry, takes no guff
Day: 4
Year: 1977
Age: toddler
Location: Cleveland
Surrounded by family, Italian, Scotch-Irish, Croatian
Day: 3
Year: 1976
Age: toddler
Location: Cleveland
First daughter of two, not done growing themselves
Day: 2
Year: 1975
Age: toddler
Location: Cleveland
"Cleveland," she told me later. "Everybody is still in Cleveland."
Day: 1
Year: 1974
Age: toddler
Location: Cleveland
Newborn splashes into the world, 50 years ago + 50 days
Day: 0
Year: 1973
Age: infant
Location: Cleveland
Gift: Yes, see package
Bonus: Yes, a song
A celebration of you. A countdown of 50 days to your 50th birthday. Some presents and surpises along the way. Some recognition of who you are and why I love the you that you are. Happy birthday season, BB. Thank you for letting me celebrate you.