i got an email
from an old friend
the other day...
at the end she
mentioned that she
attached a
photo that she'd
found while cleaning
her house.
it was a photo of
liz
and me in college.
(i would attach it here, but it's a pretty awful photo of me).
i showed the photo
to maddy.
"who's that guy with mommy?"
i was blown away.
yes, it's true that
i'm almost unrecognizable
in the photo,
and that
liz
didn't look that different
between the ages of
19 & 30,
but i found it
amazing that madeline
would recognize her
mother in a photo
taken 13 or 14
years ago,
yet not recognize me.
"maddy, that's me."
"no it's not!
"yes, maddy, that's me in the photo."
"no it's not!"
this went on
for a few more minutes
before i gave up.
there was
no way i was
going to convince her.
...
usually when she
talks about her mom
i get sad.
but this time
i was smiling.
i couldn't help but
think that all of
the people
in her life have done
such a great job
of keeping her mother's
memory alive.
and that's pretty amazing.
Goosebumps. That's beautiful .. . .
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Matt, it is good that she has a memory of her. I know that I mostly remeber my husband healthy and sometimes when I see photos of him sick, old looking and skinny. It does not seem like him. I am glad that I do not remember that so much.
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