too many links on this tree fade, obscure
with nary a flicker of those who’ve gone before
the only living proof of their existence,
their progeny, who share their dna, who’ll likewise
live and die, no answer for the age-old question…”why?”
~kat
For Jane Dougherty’s August Stanza Challenge.
I have a few old family photos of some people I’ve never met, and of my grandparents gone too soon, before I could learn their stories. They are treasures of my past. I suppose that I why I write…to leave something behind for my grandkids.
The people shown above are a part of me. And so life goes on.
Top Left: My Grandpa Lambert Myrman, my Grandma Florence, née O’Malley, my Aunt Dolly holding my cousin Kristy, her husband Dean in back and his parents on the right.
Top Middle: My great-greats the Johansson’s and my Great Grandma Hanna (the youngest)
Top Right: my Great Grandparents, Peter O’Malley and Annie, née Powers
Middle Left: My Grandpa William Cunningham and my Grandma Mary, née Sluka
Middle Right: Grandma Mary’s graduation picture. She’s in the middle row, far right.
Lower Left: Grandma Florence O’Malley Myrman
Lower Middle: Grandma Mary (r) with my mom (girl with black skirt), her brother, Richard and sister, Sylvia
Lower Right: Grandma Mary holding my Mom, Dorothy
August 18th, 2018 at 11:59 pm
SO TRUE KAT, CHINA
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August 19th, 2018 at 7:04 am
Life is fleeting. 😊
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August 19th, 2018 at 4:37 am
Just fabulous Kat 💜
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August 19th, 2018 at 7:03 am
Awe, thanks Willow. I feel so fortunate to have those photographs. 😊
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August 19th, 2018 at 7:53 am
They are amazing 💜
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August 19th, 2018 at 8:47 am
❤️💜❤️
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August 19th, 2018 at 9:24 am
😊
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August 19th, 2018 at 2:43 pm
You have Grandma Florence’s smile!
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August 19th, 2018 at 4:27 pm
I do take after my dad’s side. 😊
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August 19th, 2018 at 4:35 pm
Though I look like my mother more and more as I age! 😀
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August 19th, 2018 at 5:05 pm
Amen.. 🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀
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August 19th, 2018 at 7:42 pm
❤
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