Thanks much Ken. Yes, she's a special young lady. And thanks to all for your kind words. Once again, you have been a great comfort and loyal friends.
Paul via phone > On Jul 14, 2016, at 12:17 AM, Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote: > > Paul, I'm probably one of the very few on this list that has met Gracie. I > met her at your wife's funeral and my wife and I found her to be a very nice > young lady, She didn't know us at all but she was very cordial with us and > seemed beyond her age. You are fortunate to have such a fine grand daughter. > Continue to cherish her. May I suggest you can still continue a long distance > relationship with her on facetime. > > God bless you and Gracie Paul. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stenquist" <[email protected]> > Subject: Gone > > >> 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.
