Happy Birthday! From Geoff Lamb

Now if I don't remember the details exactly as they happened you'll have to excuse me...but who cares really anyway?  We were like 9 and 5 years old at the time.

So Ashley's down visiting from L.A. and--acting like the kids we are--get really wound up playing around the house.  So much so that Ashley and Becky start pointing at cars going down the street and yelling in tandem "Stop, in the name of Love!" together with all attendant motions à la The Supremes.

This goes on for quite a while before the girls decide to take it outside and down the street where Ashley confronts a neighbor boy and starts up with the "Stop" routine once again, after which she makes an effort to kiss him, with mixed results.  I think everyone found it hilarious more than anything.  This did not in any way deter Ashley from repeated efforts, however.  Although in fairness to her now, I don't think she's quite the brazen hussy she once aspired to be.

Yet I can't help but think of that experience every time that song is played:  Ashley with her attendants up there in the windowsill singing at the top of their lungs, "Stop, in the name of love before you break my heart!"  Never shy; always bold.  That's Ash for you.