Earlier this year, I posted some reflections on gardens as a way of understanding home, and I included one of my favorite pictures -- a snapshot of my father with me in his garden, sometime around 1987, when he was a trim 30-something, and I was a wee wisp of a girl. More than twenty years later, we decided we needed an updated version.
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| Squinting against the sun in 1987. I wish my father still wore those shoes. |
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| Still squinting in 2011. I'm smiling goofily here, but I promise I was happy. |
Tonight, I'm thankful that this house is still home, even more thankful for the people in it, and glad to see my father's garden still grows. What makes you grateful today?
What a great idea--making over favorite photos! And--your blog makes me grateful. It's like a breath of air. :)
ReplyDelete:) Today, I'm also grateful for a childhood home that still provides comfort and refuge in adulthood. I'm grateful for children who (mostly) play nicely together and for a husband who's safe and enjoying himself at a conference. :)
ReplyDeleteTomorrow, I'll be grateful for strawberries and a really great friend!!