Memories that are worth their weight in GOLD

I miss my grandfather, I miss him terribly. He was like a best friend to me. He lived with us (when I still lived at home) for a few years before he passed away. He taught me so many things, so many valuable lessons, so much wisdom, tough wrinkled hands, eyes that said so much, a stern word when needed and a soft touch when that’s all that would help. He would have been 100 this year. He died just 3 days before my birthday, and I spent my 16th birthday at his funeral. Every year on his birthday I drive to the veterans cemetery and I visit him……. More then anything I wish he could have met my girls. Held them in his incredibly tough, but ever so gentle hands. He would have been their great-grandfather….

The children in this photo (clients of mine) are pictured with their great-grandparents. Not many children are privileged to have any remaining great grandparents, many don’t even have both sets of grandparents. That sad truth is that while none of us are promised tomorrow, the older generations will not be here for a very long time more, but they have incredible stories to be told. They have so much wisdom to impart on this new generation, and so many memories with them to be cherished.

This is why I am holding grandparent (and great grandparent) mini sessions.