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asimplechord) wrote2009-12-08 08:47 pm
asimplechord) wrote2009-12-08 08:47 pm
life is a long, strange journey
Day 01 → My favorite song
Day 02 → My favorite movie
Day 03 → My favorite television program
Day 04 → My favorite book
Day 05 → My favorite quote
Day 06 → Whatever strikes my fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes me happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes me sad
This is my grandmother and grandfather on their wedding day. A joyous day, yes? He left for the Korean War shortly thereafter, and he returned a much changed man.
Mostly this makes me sad because he is dead now, and Mommom, who has been in poor health for many years, is fading, having suffered congestive heart failure for a second time this autumn. She is currently in a nursing home, undergoing therapy to enable her to move out, perhaps home, but more likely to an assisted living facility.
They lived full lives. I remember them as vibrant souls, and this picture is both a reminder of that, and a sharp contrast to their current states.
Day 02 → My favorite movie
Day 03 → My favorite television program
Day 04 → My favorite book
Day 05 → My favorite quote
Day 06 → Whatever strikes my fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes me happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes me sad
This is my grandmother and grandfather on their wedding day. A joyous day, yes? He left for the Korean War shortly thereafter, and he returned a much changed man.
Mostly this makes me sad because he is dead now, and Mommom, who has been in poor health for many years, is fading, having suffered congestive heart failure for a second time this autumn. She is currently in a nursing home, undergoing therapy to enable her to move out, perhaps home, but more likely to an assisted living facility.
They lived full lives. I remember them as vibrant souls, and this picture is both a reminder of that, and a sharp contrast to their current states.