Maybe it's telling, but not hard to understand if you know anything at all about human relationships.
My relationship with, and love for, my mom is far more complex and ambivalent than the straightforward love with and for any animal.
I have no doubt there will be several posts over time about my Mom...
but for now, as I get ready for her Memorial service next weekend, I wanted to share some wonderful pictures I found while going through the albums I have or have inherited.
My relationship with, and love for, my mom is far more complex and ambivalent than the straightforward love with and for any animal.
I have no doubt there will be several posts over time about my Mom...
but for now, as I get ready for her Memorial service next weekend, I wanted to share some wonderful pictures I found while going through the albums I have or have inherited.
Pictures from earlier parts of her life:
She was a total Jersey girl, so it's not surprising that the very first picture of her was at the shore at 5 mos old... August '25
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A nurse at 19.
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Nice to remember there WERE moments of fun!
At MY wedding in 1969
(oh my god, was I EVER that young?!)
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Memorial Day of 1976 - 6 months before my fathers death and the birth of my oldest son.
(Why do visions of Justin Bieber flit through my head?!!)
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My mom as proud grandma with my oldest, Art Boy!
Does anyone else find looking through old photos as much fun - or as emotionally draining - as I do?
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At least there ARE 'hard copies' to sit and look at... I wonder if folks who blog and post pictures of their kids continuously really think their kids will have the same technology available which will allow them to sit and look at it all on some screen decades from now.
I won't be around to find out - that much I know; but not much else.
That's it for today, folks!
2 comments:
Thanks for sharing these pictures! I haven't found the energy or time yet to go through my dad's boxes of pictures.
Lol...my kid's will have to find all their pics on my hard drive...I am awful about having them printed out. There is something wonderful about having a hard copy of a picture vs a digital image on the computer:)
Love this glimpse into your life. Family dynamics is so fascinating to me. Lately, looking at old photos just makes me sad.
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