Remembrance
Our oldest granddaughter went with my mother in law and I to Knoxville Cemetery's decoration this weekend. It will be up to them someday.
Happy Mothers Day
Somewhere there is a baby picture of me with my Mama and Daddy. They had me lying on a pillow in a straight backed kitchen chair outside Aunt Maggie's little house. They are both looking down on me and the photo does not show their faces. Of all these old pictures I have, I cannot find that one. It makes me sad. I can't find the picture of Greg and Cassie I have titled, "The Fish Story" either. So, instead I am showing a picture of my Mama with her Mama. Except Mama always had to call her Mother. She said she would not answer her unless she did. I always thought that strange as we never called her Grandmother. I don't know why Mama (and therefore me too) was so short. Grandma was fairly tall and Grandpa was a very large man. It is a funny thing about genetics, isn't it? I have uncles over six feet tall and my Daddy was only 5'7". And sometimes those blue eyes pop up in a family of brown eyed children.
very nice.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful images with the morning sun.
ReplyDeleteIt's nice that you are setting such a wonderful example for them.
ReplyDeleteI think these younger generations are losing some of the respect for the older generations.... seems that they can't be bothered.
I hope that one day, my grand (if I ever get any..LOL) will do the same for me :)
Warm wishes...
Kerin
I went with my mother and she would tell me about the people she remembered, guess that is why I like to go to old cemetery's and look for family members.
ReplyDeleteNow so many in my family are choosing cremation.
The light and the flowers are lovely - very special photos. I find old cemetery's very peaceful too but like Patsy my family's tradition is for cremation so I have no graves to visit.
ReplyDeleteVery sweet.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely tradition.
ReplyDeleteI was happy to learn that my daughter and her fiance visited the family gravesite when they were on the mainland recently - I'd never have expected that they'd remember.
You can still have a headstone even if you choose cremation..and a small amount of your ashes can be buried. We will visit some of the graves just prior to Memorial Day..and then again a week later to rescue the flowers so the people that mow the cemeteries don't have to trim around them the rest of the summer:)
ReplyDeleteDecoration is such an important southern tradition. I want my grandson to learn about it too. It's important to remember.
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