Over the past couple of decades, my Aunt Jeanie has been writing stories about her life and the lives and episodes in other family members' lives. These have been typed, copied by her at Kinkos, and bound by her hand, to be sent to all of us every Christmas. What a treasure!
One year I received my copy and several Kinko copies of old family photos. One of those photos is of my grandmother, Ina, standing with her sister, Clara, in 1922. The moment I saw the photo I was struck instantly by something about the image of Aunt Clara.
Perhaps it is my imagination, but I don't think so: I could almost have been her twin brother! I immediately thought of a photo of me in Arabia in the 1970's and dug around for it until I found it. I did the Kinkos thing, made a copy, cut it up and taped it next to the image of Aunt Clara.
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Take away the facial hair, and Aunt Clara's hat, and I think I've made my case! Anyway, I think it is just cool! I want to know more about Aunt Clara. My next conversation with Aunt Jeanie will include that story! See what you think:
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omg...you do....
ReplyDeleteto carry that dna is marvelous...a connection of ancestry made visible
love the poem...truly touching
Thank you Suz. This photo scanner is bringing up so many memories and reflections.....the next will be about my closest cousin. Funny the photos have been here all along, but just needed that little piece of equipment to be the catalyst.
DeleteOh Rick, and then what of our stories? When all this is gone. Will people centuries later find their way to our blogs? Will blogspot still even exist?
ReplyDeleteAnd if not, well ...
Kane
I don't know, Kane. Isn't that just one sliver of why we're all here in the blogsphere? We want to be heard. We want to be seen. Want to be read. Understood. Lauded? We all want to leave a mark, whether for multitudes or for just one or two. But for now we're all connected and what we have has to be our reward. For now, at least!
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