For the word of the day I've made a collage of shots of my younger sister, Wendy, and myself. This is made in celebration of the good times we had. Most of the shots are of our childhood: I specially like the one of us (middle right) struggling with a pushchair on the beach, me in my knitted swimsuit.
Top left: I was Wendy's bridesmaid when she and David married in 1970.
The centre pic by the sea is how I remember her.
Gorgeous collage of pics!! Such treasured memories for you!! I started out this morning to do the same and was looking for old pics of my sister and me but I got distracted and in the end used pics from the last few years. How much time you can waste looking at old photos!!
Yes, I like that one too, Anne. Sadly I can't play the piano now. My dad was a keen photographer (old style) and very methodical so I'm lucky to have lots of childhood shots.
My sister died in 1996 when she was 46 from breast cancer. 4 months later our son was diagnosed with testicular cancer but he is fine now. How strange is life in that things you feel are unthinkable and unbearable at the time do become part of your history and life goes on.
what a beautiful collage Hazel fav such a shame about your Sister its only three years after i lost my Dad to Cancer he passed away 1993 three years before that I lost my Mum at the time i had only been married 4months i was married on the 4th of August 1990 divorced Jan 1996
Wonderful collage of memory making photos, so sad she was taken away so young. My cousin was the same age and the same year when she lost her battle too, she was gone in 6 weeks...
Thank you for taking the trouble to look at this post - it's strange in a way that looking back at this because of your comments today I find that I felt and said the same then as I do now - e.g. about the unthinkable - in the end you just get on with it, as we all do with everything. Thank you.
Thank you for looking, and so sorry about your cousin - what a shock it must have been to everyone. My sister lived for 3 and a half years after her diagnosis, getting more and more debilitated and finally I was just glad for her that it was all over.
Thank you for your comments.
August 3rd, 2014
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Well, don't think of it as time wasted although we do all tend to think that - rather time to take stock and enjoy some memories.
Yes, I like that one too, Anne. Sadly I can't play the piano now. My dad was a keen photographer (old style) and very methodical so I'm lucky to have lots of childhood shots.
My sister died in 1996 when she was 46 from breast cancer. 4 months later our son was diagnosed with testicular cancer but he is fine now. How strange is life in that things you feel are unthinkable and unbearable at the time do become part of your history and life goes on.
Gerry, it does seem that you and I were both having a difficult period to cope with at the same time. Anyway, better times now I think?
Thank you for taking the trouble to look at this post - it's strange in a way that looking back at this because of your comments today I find that I felt and said the same then as I do now - e.g. about the unthinkable - in the end you just get on with it, as we all do with everything. Thank you.
Thank you for looking, and so sorry about your cousin - what a shock it must have been to everyone. My sister lived for 3 and a half years after her diagnosis, getting more and more debilitated and finally I was just glad for her that it was all over.
Thank you for your comments.