P365 - 2014 - Day 28 - These photos
These photos prompted a conversation tonight with The Boy. I was cleaning up after dinner and he saw these photos lying on my desk, so he picked them up and started asking questions. "Is that you as a baby Mommy?" "Who is holding you?" "How old were you in this one with GiGi?" "Is that the house you grew up in?" When I told him that that was my great grandmother holding me in that photo he said "Wow really?" I told him that was Mema and she was my Grandma Anna's mother - he wanted to know last names and was fascinated at all of the names that are a part of families on my side and My Wonderful Husband's side. He went on to ask all kinds of questions about grandparents and great grandparents and who looks like who etc etc... As I was answering all of his questions he said, " I need to remember all of this so I can tell my kids someday. I want to know the names of all of my ancestors." Wow. I was blown away by that and it really made my heart smile. We all come from so many people that have come before us... all of those people had lives and stories just like we do - I like to think that by sharing some of those stories we keep those people a part of our lives. I'm glad to know that The Boy shares my feeling about that.
*FYI - The top photo is Mema (my great grandmother) holding me with my brothers standing behind her. The next photo is of me and my mother on her 50th birthday - I was 18. The photo on the bottom is my mother's mother - Grandma Anna - this is one of my favorite photos of her. *
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