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July 19, 2005
Life Goes On
Death has come to visit my family more and more in the last several years. I’ve lost an entire generation of grandparents, great aunts and uncles and more recently the losses have hit closer to home. My dad passed in September and my Uncle (dad’s older brother) passed several weeks ago. They both suffered from Alzheimer’s.
I have become the keeper of the family history. It is on my shoulders to remember the stories, dates and names to pass on. I enjoy this role of ensuring that someone will always know who we are, who we were and where we came from. It cements me into a family that has claimed me as their own.
Someday maybe I will know the stories of my birth family as well and I will remember them and I will pass all these stories and pictures on to my children.
And life will go on.
Posted by bugg at July 19, 2005 12:50 PM
Comments
What a fantastic picture and they all have smokes, classic! I'm sorry to hear about your poppa, mine died last year as well. Its strange isn't it? How are you coping?
Ms Bees Knees
Posted by: Ms Bees Knees at July 19, 2005 07:23 PM