Today I am grateful for being sent new photos of Charles I had never seen before. I know they are not smiling pics but it doesn’t matter. It shows his melancholy side, that which he rarely revealed to us. I discovered these on an old device so they are intimate photos I don’t think anyone else ever saw.
Once I posted one of these new photos and stated how parents who’ve lost a child are so thrilled to get any new photos, it reminded an old neighbor to share photos of Charles on a fishing trip with his brother and friend, Kevin. So I probably got 12 “new” photos which are not something I expected 7.5 years after his death.
These pictures are definitely a gift for which I am grateful on day #3 of the #thegratefulproject.
What are you grateful for today?
Reading this post made me so happy!!! For many years, as time has allowed, I have been collecting, sorting, scanning and sharing photos with family and friends. This week I shared hundreds with my maternal family in a private fb group. The reception has been so heartwarming. Every time I share a group of pictures someone will excitedly comment that I’ve shown them a photo they had never before seen of a loved one who is no longer with us. After losing my father in 2019 I understand that excitement and how rare it is to have happen. That alone is enough to keep me working on this seemingly never ending photo project.
I’m so glad it made you happy. Thank you for sharing your photos and your story here Sandra.
Anne,
That truly is a gift. There have been a couple of times, in the past 8 years since Daniel died, that someone reached out to me unexpectedly and told me stories about Daniel or shared their own success stories. It is a gift.
That’s exactly what I am talking about. I feel so buoyed by it. I write them down and savor them. The stories, the pictures. Thank you Teri.