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This is a pic with a story. My mother and I were sitting on this bench which has something to do with both of our destinies - my Grandfather proposed to my Grandmother here (her father and mother).
It turned out that this trip was the last time I would see either of my parents alive - and I treasure this picture so much because we had spent several days just hanging out together in Adelaide - only the 2 of us - drinking too much and talking - OMG so much talking! We only stopped when we finally had to sleep.
Now I'm a mother and I wish she was here to experience both her grandchild and see the changes in her own child as I discover what this mothering thing is all about.
Now that I posted my picture, it's making be break up a little. Mom's now a little tiny white haired lady living in a managed care facility because she has no short term memory and was forgetting to eat. She seems happy but she's such a frail little ghost of the 5'10" tall whirl-wind that I remember. Makes me sad.
photo by splunge
photo by TheophileEscargot
photo by Kronos_to_Earth
photo by ethylene
