I have been grateful to have been able to follow the Gracie story all these years. Thank you for sharing your special family with all of us through words and photos. I hope she knows how many virtual aunts and uncles she has across the world who stand ready if she should need anything.
Stan > On Jul 10, 2016, at 9:01 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@mac.com> 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
