Thanks to all for the outpouring of support. It was great to have been able to share Grace with the list. That started before she even left Scotland with list members offering advice on how I might be able to rescue her and her mother. And of course it continued over the years as she grew up before my eyes and before your eyes. I'm sure I will see her again soon -- as will you. Thanks much friends.
Paul via phone > On Jul 11, 2016, at 7:20 PM, Stanley Halpin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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 <[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. -- 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.
