Saturday, July 5, 2008

My Grandmother


My cousin Evan sent this treasure to me, a photograph taken about a hundred years ago. Years ago I heard that my daddy's mother was a "beautiful girl" but had never seen her that way until now. By the time I came along and was old enough to remember, Gram had made it through a generation of rearing her four children, and except for the mischievous twinkling in her blue eyes, seemed old and bent. But today she comes to me as the "beautiful girl" she was and I am reminded of the vaporous wings of earthly life.

1 comment:

Judith said...

What a lovely photograph and a nice tribute to your beautiful grandmother!!