Thursday, July 31, 2008

It is Diffcult

Here I am creating a memorial to my folks.. I have found lots of pictures that over time I will add to this blog.. I have stories to share..
Right now though it is so hard.. I was at the house last night going through pictures and putting up loose pictures as well as albums and framed pictures.. I was packing them away in plastic bins.. 3 huge bins worth of photos.. of the panoramic history of my mother and father.. trips, family events, births.. weddings.. etc.. I begin to feel as if I am slowly taking each thread of their woven life tapestry and unraveling it.. I try not to view it that way.. I try to think .. their tapestry of life is done.. tightly woven together by their legacy and now a part of our legacy , their children.. but it is hard when you start disassembling things.. when pictures are put away... when drawers are emptied.. nearly 50 years of married life .. accumulated... and in a few short months.. it all is scattered in pieces around the country... perhaps its just spreading their material lives around.. perhaps.. I really have no answers right now..
Next Tuesday marks 3 weeks since my mom has been gone.. and it saddens me to no end.. as we begin the task of change .. Closing some chapters and opening others..

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Family Photos

THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS ARE FAMILY PHOTOS OF MOM AND DAD GROWING UP AND PICTURES OF US, SOME OF THESE WERE SCANNED FROM A BIG BIRTHDAY POSTER THAT FOLKS HAD SIGNED FOR MOM'S SURPRISE 60TH BIRTHDAY DINNER.
Mom as a baby Mom and her brother, My Uncle Norman Mom growing up Mom's engagement picture My sisters Susan and Davida before I was born Dad at 1 years old with my Grandmother Clara (MiMa)
Mom's wedding picture
Mom as a little girl
ME THE COTTON TOP IN THE BLUE SAILOR SUIT IN THE FRONT AND THEN MY SISTERS BEHIND ME. THE OTHER PHOTO IS OF MY 3 NIECES WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE. Mom with my sister Susan
WILL POST MORE AS I SCAN THEM

WHO THEY WERE

I found old newspaper clippings from the 40s 50s 60s and 70s .. my dad was civically active and my mom was involved with local theatre ...





THEY COULD BE ANYBODY

HOWEVER, these are my parents... My father was killed in an auto accident on November 9th 2001 he was 76 and my mother died July 15th, 2008 she had just turned 75 she was having heart surgery to replace her AVR which had been replaced 18 years prior..sadly when the surgery started her aeorta disinagrated .. the surgery was over before it started. Mom and Dad are together again and that is where I must find comfort.. it was all my mom every wanted for the last 7 years.. In this page you will find pictures of lives well lived. It is my perpetual memorial to my parents.
with love,
Honi