Today we all said goodbye to my cousin Matthew. I really struggled to take a picture that I felt worthy of such raging emotion and grief.
So, another photo that reflects my feelings of dark & light, life and death. I had great moments of revelation when faced with what I saw as the darkness of grief.
Here is one for my dad, March 8th of my project :
February 8 - Forgive me if I've been a little sad or depressed lately. February is a sad month for me, tomorrow will be 5 years since my father died. He served in the U.S Navy where he recieved a Purple Heart for injuries recieved in battle. He later became a physician's assistant and worked at V.A. Medical Center until he retired. He was a avid poker player and internet enthusiast.
And one for my mom, March 28 of my project:
February 28 - Ten years ago today I lost my mother, and the world lost an amazing woman, the strongest woman I've known.
After 10 years, I often think back and the thing I miss most is her voice. I often question if I even remember what she sounds like. The memories etched in my mind have become her voice.
I was pregnant when she died. The regret I have the most is that she never got to meet Kegan, and that he never got to meet her. She asked me over and over the weeks before she died if I was having a girl or a boy. She was so excited to be a grandmother for the first time.
Yellow roses, they were her favorite flower, the flower she chose for her wedding, and consequently the flowers I chose for her funeral.
My mom died on July 24, about a month after I'd started the project. I had heard of "dear photo" concept...holding up the photo from the past in the same area in the present, make them line up, and that was my tribute. This is in front of the house I grew up in until I was in 3rd grade. Mom had ended up in a house just down the street from it, so wI just walked down there and shot this.
My Nephew took this photo of my Dad just a few minutes before he passed on to his new life, July 26, 2012. We had just celebrated his 81st birthday three days before. He loved golf.
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Today we all said goodbye to my cousin Matthew. I really struggled to take a picture that I felt worthy of such raging emotion and grief.
So, another photo that reflects my feelings of dark & light, life and death. I had great moments of revelation when faced with what I saw as the darkness of grief.
I decided I could see the light after all.
February 8 - Forgive me if I've been a little sad or depressed lately. February is a sad month for me, tomorrow will be 5 years since my father died. He served in the U.S Navy where he recieved a Purple Heart for injuries recieved in battle. He later became a physician's assistant and worked at V.A. Medical Center until he retired. He was a avid poker player and internet enthusiast.
And one for my mom, March 28 of my project:
February 28 - Ten years ago today I lost my mother, and the world lost an amazing woman, the strongest woman I've known.
After 10 years, I often think back and the thing I miss most is her voice. I often question if I even remember what she sounds like. The memories etched in my mind have become her voice.
I was pregnant when she died. The regret I have the most is that she never got to meet Kegan, and that he never got to meet her. She asked me over and over the weeks before she died if I was having a girl or a boy. She was so excited to be a grandmother for the first time.
Yellow roses, they were her favorite flower, the flower she chose for her wedding, and consequently the flowers I chose for her funeral.
my poppa and me
my Dad! Best Man I have ever known! Taken way too soon!
To honor a fallen police officer;
Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne Australia
May 8th, 2011 (Mother's Day)
March 31st, 2012 (7 year anniversary of my Mom's passing)
& then this one of my dad who passed away 10 years ago in May...constantly in my thoughts & deeply missed.