Moving On

I am finished with genealogy for the time being.

I now need to wrap up my picture scanning, organizing and putting-it-all-back-together (I had to disassemble several photo albums) project.

My Christmas 2010 gift for my parents included eight pictures that chronicled the progression from my parents as boyfriend/girlfriend, married, both of them pictured with one child, two kids, three kids, four kids and finally all five kids (without my parents).

(When we realized that there are no pictures of my parents with all five kids, we took several photos out at the old house on Zion Road.)

I had over 3000 pictures to choose from and, after listening to that little voice in my head that said "it should be about your parents", came up with the theme of trying to find my parents pictured with us kids as the family grew over the years. It wasn't as easy as it sounds- it seems that there was almost always one person missing.

The interesting thing about this is that my dad put together a set of poems, some that he wrote along with some written by others, that followed the same theme as the pictures I chose! Wow!

It was a very moving moment when my dad had his poems read to my mom. He had planned on doing it privately until he opened my Christmas gift and felt compelled to share with the whole family how he felt about my mother. They have been together for 60 years and counting...