This was at his great-grandmother’s memorial service. Terri had taken that vase from her house to decorate a table. While we were there, Dave glanced inside the vase and found this old photo of himself that he then gave to me.
It is a lovely photograph. I can just, barely, remember my great-grandmother, my only surviving great-grandparent by the time I was born. She was a little, frail old lady…I think I was three or four when she passed away.
I think people who get to know their grandparents and great-grandparents are lucky indeed, especially if they get to hear and remember stories. Those things that may not seem important to us when we’re younger have a lot more meaning when we’re older.
I must be twisted. My immediate thought was the vase would hold his ashes.
This was at his great-grandmother’s memorial service. Terri had taken that vase from her house to decorate a table. While we were there, Dave glanced inside the vase and found this old photo of himself that he then gave to me.
Of course the obvious truth of your account does not diminish my dark imagery.
Imagination is a powerful and wonderful thing.
It is a lovely photograph. I can just, barely, remember my great-grandmother, my only surviving great-grandparent by the time I was born. She was a little, frail old lady…I think I was three or four when she passed away.
Thank you.
I think people who get to know their grandparents and great-grandparents are lucky indeed, especially if they get to hear and remember stories. Those things that may not seem important to us when we’re younger have a lot more meaning when we’re older.