For the past month or so, my grandmother has been in and out of the hospital (mostly in [almost a full month]). Every day, when we'd go to visit, she'd delight in telling the nurses (or anyone else who would listen), how our family has five generations alive right now. She is a great-great grandma, and totally proud of it.
Jessica and I have been thinking a lot about family and connections through the generations. There are too many missing links on all sides of our family trees. That is the way with absent parents and/or adoptions. I know that I wish I would have been more interested in the family tree back when I was younger and so many more of the relatives were alive. Too little, too late.
One thing that I was over-the-moon thrilled about though... my grandma relinquished some of her old photo albums. She was going to get rid of them (to a thrift store, like she did with a bunch of others [like a stab in the eye with an ice pick]), but since I wanted them, she gave some of them to me. Yay.
Here are a couple of my treasures that I scanned.
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| My grandma, mom and uncle (and Joseph the cat) in December of 69 |
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| My grandpa in 1939 |
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| My grandma in 1939 |
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| Grandma in 1938 |
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| Grandpa and Grandma (dating) July 6, 1938 |
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| Grandpa 7/6/38 |
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| Grandpa's cousin, Rosie 7/6/38 |
And here is a page I created using one of the pictures. The kit is so fitting. It is Sissy Sparrows' Room 19: Project 5. All about relics and vintage goodness (although it is totally versatile and can be used for anything).
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| Credits: Sissy Sparrows - Room 19: Project 5 |
What about you? Are you interested in your family's past? Vintage photos? Do you want to find your roots?
1 comment:
Wow so glad you got those priceless photo's hun imagine them ending in a thrift store my heart would break! Love Love Love your page of your grandparents they looked like they loved life and each other very much xox
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