I rediscovered this not-so-old picture today. This was one of the saddest days ever, but it's also one of my favorite pictures. My cousins and siblings and I don't often get all together. In fact, you see Derek (a husband of one of the girls up top) holding the name of our cousin Adam since he wasn't able to stay. And also the lovely Aggy holding a photo of our Greg. This was the day of his funeral. We're smiling cause we were spending time before and after laughing about funny things Greg did, and goofy pictures of us as awkward teenagers, which was a healing balm on our hearts. This day, it was important to us to capture a moment when we all came together as family, whatever the reason.
We're almost in age order here in the picture. From the top, left to right: Adam (Derek), Jay, Sara, Holly, Peter, Katherine, Anna, Maresi, Amy, Carmine, JP, Greg (Aggy), Michael, and Ben in front. Good people all.
3 comments:
family is so important- i love the picture! what a keepsake, though i know it happened as a result of something sad happening. it's good you were able to reflect on the good times.
I love you, Maresi. Thanks for posting that.
The cousins, grandchildren of Dot and Carm, have always been a special group. There are wonderful family memories but there will always be a hole in our hearts filled with tears and what might have beens for our blue-eyed Greg.
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