I received a very unexpected message on Facebook today, from my mother's first husband. He was kind enough to send me some pictures of her. Until today I don't think I'd seen any from before her high school graduation pic (or if I had, it wasn't often or something I had access to with regularity).
My mother passed away in June of 2011. It's been very hard being without her. We didn't have a typical mother/daughter relationship, but we had a good adult one. She was very kind hearted, and my kids have many good memories of their Granny. She is sorely missed.
I was struck by the picture of her because I'd been told for some time how much my middle daughter resembled her; I could see a slight bit of that, but not a lot. In this picture, I can really see it. I'm told this one is from 6th grade, so I'm posting a photo of DD1 from 6th grade so the ages are very close.
Is there someone in your family (parent or otherwise) that you greatly resemble?
My father. This really hit me a couple years back when I was looking at some old photos of him - before he grew his beard out.
ReplyDeleteIt was not a happy discovery. He's had some pretty major health problems.