A Couple Of Blasts From The Past

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Wow, I found these today and couldnt believe this was 10 years ago….. You see Teddy in front of me and in my arms is my Niamh.    This is our favorite place in the world to walk. This part of the trails is called the enchanted forest and it is a forest of red pines.  Depending on the location of the sun it changes colors from dark and mysterious, to a glowing red from the bark and needles on the ground, to a glowing green from the needles on the trees.  It is a beautiful place.  As I look at this picture I miss her all over again. Niamh will have been gone 6 years this August and I still hurt deeply over her loss…. probably always will.  I am just stunned this was ten years ago.

The other thing that strikes me in this photo is how old Teddy is now and how much older I have gotten.  Sort of strikes the mortal chord if you know what I mean. 

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Here is Niamh with me again.  She was in her middle years here and I was in mine also.  I guess what stuns me is how much grayer I’ve gotten.. LOL….  and that this was TEN years ago.   I miss her…. and those days.

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I also like to do family genealogy.   I’ve traced three of my four grandparents ancestors back to when they came over to the USA.  Mine forefathers with the last name I have came over in 1709-1710.  My mother’s fathers family came over in 1848.  My father’s mother family came over in 1632 and founded Cambridge, MA.  Here is a picture of my grandmother when she was 5 years old….  See that smirk on her face? She is annoyed … LOL….  I saw that look through the years…. I know. This makes this about 1920.  My grandmother is of course gone now…..

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-This was my Grandmother’s sister.  I love this picture for it is a rarity of its time. She is almost laughing.  Taken in October, 1920 my grandmother’s sister was 16.  This picture is also tragic for you see she had diabetes.  11 months after this picture was taken she was in the eternal hereafter…… my grandmother said she got sick for over a week and laid on the sofa in the parlor where she passed away.  She remembered preparing her body for the funeral and having it there in the parlor.  What makes this story particularly tragic is that at the time she passed away they were testing insulin on dogs with success.  Three months after she died they did the first tests on humans and by the end of 1922 they were giving insulin to people and had a surplus of it…..

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Once in a while, we stop the fun, the craziness and reflect upon life here at the Meadow.  This post probably is sad, I get that way when I find pictures of Niamh.  But, it has a point.  You see, life is fragile and it all has the same end… and it is tragic.   But, what you make of it is up to you.  What I am trying to say is make the most of every moment you have for yourself and with others… cherish it and them for you do not know when death will come and snatch away the moment you are in.  I loved my time with Niamh, but I know I could’ve done more.  I enjoyed my Grandmother’s time with us, but again I have regrets and the picture of her sister is one of them.  I wanted to know more about her…. never asked much for it upset my grandmother.  So, now there is mystery there and that is a disservice to her sister.   So much lost time and lost history…..  Now, there is Trevor. I have learned my lesson and am doing all I can, yet I feel I can do more.  But, I have to make a living, ect.  But, stop my friends, take a deep breath and look around you.  Hug all those there with you and tell them what they mean to you…..  show them… you wont regret it… I promise….