You've choked me up, Paul. I am sure it will be fine. We must let go and let our friends and family do what they must. May they have a good life in Houston. I'm sure you will stay close. Hold fast and stay brave. All the best to you and the long memory of your time with Grace.
Is it really 11 years now? That's nearly as long as I've been on PDML. Wow. G "The only things truly worth having can only be given away. Not bought, nor sold, nor held; just given. The more you give them away, the more full your life becomes." > On Jul 10, 2016, at 6:01 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > Grace arrived 11 years ago on a flight from Scotland to Detroit, via > Baltimore. It was an escape I had arranged, and I couldn’t breathe easy > until I saw Grace and her mother descending the escalator from the flight > deck. My wife and I met them and took them home. The next morning I got down > on the floor and talked to Gracie — and photographed her — and we began to > establish a powerful bond that included all manner of things, including > cameras. In the years that followed there were parties, trips to the beach, > an endless number of days at the park, games, meals, some wonderful friends > in the neighborhood and more. And through it all, Gracie was my partner, and > I documented it in photos, some 3,000 I believe. But the end was always > inevitable and yesterday it came to pass at 8:40 am as Grace and her mother > left for a new life in Houston, Texas. I had steeled myself against the > inevitable, but once their truck was out of site, the tears flowed. Today > hasn’t been easy, but I have learned about moving on, and I’m working on > that. I’ll be good, and I trust that Gracie will as well. But I will love her > deeply until the day I die. > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18259241 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
