Of course one of the cool things about being behind is I get to relive it. I have so many photos and as time goes by you kinda forget all the things you have done and places you have been.
Sharing the pages this way is a fun way for me to relive the moments with some of you who were there.
This is the one I am working on right now. I love both of these photos. Both haunt me. The first was snapped of Tim and his siblings after their mom's funeral. She had been suffering from Alzheimers for many years and we had actually lost her long before her death. The second photo is of her as a teenager. She looks beautiful and full of hope and life, excited about the time that lies ahead. She had no idea it would end in a fog that stole everything from her. She's in full possession of her faculties today in heaven and I look forward to seeing this saint of a woman again someday.
The part about the first photo that strikes me is the way Tim's dad was not even looking at the camera. He's looks lost. He doesn't know where to go. While all the siblings dealt with their mom's illness, I began to see signs of demise in their dad. Of course no one who is losing their mom, wants to even consider the possibility that their dad may be suffering from the same insidious disease. After she was gone, it became rather apparent that he too had fallen victim to the same malady. It wasn't long after this photo was shot that I'm not sure he knew Marilyn was gone. But this quick shot, revealed something prophetic. He was already in the process of being lost to us as well.
I have no answers for why God allows certain things. The pat, Christian reply of, "All things work together for good" is not very reassuring. Tragic circumstances occur in our lives and they are painful and we go through them and maybe many years later, we see something positive. Or not. All I know is I have these two people to thank for raising my amazing husband, and for that alone, their loss is painful.
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3 comments:
Tim's mom was beautiful. I love photos of older people when they were young. Everyone then seemed to have so much class and beauty. Thanks for sharing your life with us on-line!
Michelle,
What great memories you are capturing, time goes by so quickly - guess this is one of the reasons I like photography -- to help preserve these times and capture small slivers of time in our amazing lives.
Dad
Michelle you should be a writer. You seem to not only write well, but you capture much emotion in your recounts of events. I was in tears. It is tough to lose a mom and it is tough to watch this disease. What a great and loving post about your mom in law.
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