Photos of our hands taken in April 2008
This photo displays four generations of
our hands . . . in the first photo within the frame from left to right (clockwise) is . . . my daughter, myself, my granddaughter and my beautiful mom. In the second photo within the frame and clockwise is . . . my granddaughter, my beautiful mom, myself and my 82 year old, aunt Ginnie in Kentucky. I got the idea from an email I received several years ago about
Grandma's Hands, as I explained and posted
~ here ~ . . . now that my mom has passed, I am so grateful for having this photo and to have it hanging in my home where I see it each day. Each time I look at it, I look at her hands and it reminds me that at one time those hands . . . comforted me . . . held me . . . touched my cheek and helped me thru so much . . . I just recalled a time when I had on a dress with a petticoat underneath (my First Communion), mom loved candles and somehow I got too close to the candle and my petticoat caught on fire . . . mom used her hands to put that fire out and were burned very badly, I remember that day very clearly and felt so bad that she was in so much pain . . . how blessed I was to have such a wonderful loving and strong mom. If you can, take the opportunity to photograph the hands in your family . . . it's a priceless treasure.
Gini, I love this idea!! I'm going to bring the idea to my family and coordinate our own photo.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad, Leah, it's such a priceless treasure and I am so so glad I did it back then, I know you will be too.
ReplyDeleteThis absolutely brought a lump to my throat... It reminds me of the different generations looking into the mirror in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding".
ReplyDeleteMiss Peggy, it's such a wonderful thing to do.
ReplyDeleteGini, today's post brought tears to my eyes. What a wonderful idea. Wish I would be able to include my Gram in a photo like this. On Friday I am off for a surprise visit to see my Mom, I will have to at least capture the three generations that will be together.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Thanks for the reminder, I need to do this too!
ReplyDeleteTerri, I did not have my Oma's (grandma's) either, in fact when my mom went back to Germany for my Oma's services in April 2010, she found a photo of my Oma's hands making German noodles, she has flour all over them, I find them so precious and that I have a photo of her hands but they are not included with ours. I so wished her hands were with ours but she was in Germany and we were here so that photo that mom gave me had to do. Maybe someday I will Photoshop them together. Do take a photo of the generations you have here, I know you will treasure it.
ReplyDeleteCheryl, you are so welcome, I have been meaning to re-post this for a while now . . . it seems so appropriate at this time. I hope your able to do a photo with your daughters and your grand-babies and when you do, I would love to see it.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea and beautifully executed, Gini. I may have to try this myself one of these days!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jasia . . . I love the idea and so glad I did this before mom passed. Hope you are able to capture the hands in your family.
ReplyDeleteGini,
ReplyDeleteWe did this one Christmas or Easter. I need to frame the pictures- great idea. Thank You!! Your pictures are beautiful. Condolences on the anniversary of your Mom's passing. I can only imagine how much you must miss her.