How very odd
We’re Catholic, and my daughter was confirmed today. It’s a big deal, new dress party, gifts etc.
Since we were going to have some friends over afterward, we had to clean the house (I know! We do it every now and then) and I ran across some family knick-knacks (when you’re the only child of an only child you have lots of family knick-knacks) and it really struck me that I am now the keeper of all this stuff.
Just little things, some I remember from my grandmother’s house, and now I am the one who is supposed to know the background and origin of these family items. How’d I get here? Where did the adults go?
Anyway, among the items was a framed picture of my mother as a little girl. It sits on a table with framed pictures of each of her parents from about the same time.
It hit me that it is so weird that my mother, like her parents, is now essentially a picture of someone from the past on the table. How’d that happen? It’s hard to explain, it’s not that I don’t have my memories and I wasn’t overcome with emotion or anything, it was just a very strange realization.
Instead of getting ready to meet her at the church for confirmation, I was dusting a picture of her on a table. I don’t know how else to describe it, just weird.
I’m still learning that it’s very odd how the tangible reminders of someone can be reduced to a box or a shelf full of miscellania.
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4 opinions for How very odd
Bluegrass Mama
Apr 14, 2008 at 6:05 am
Congratulations to Busy Girl! And I think I understand how you felt about your mom’s picture,
Russ
Apr 14, 2008 at 8:52 am
I spent this past weekend helping my mom care for my dad (in-home hospice care). One thing I’d done was prepare their tax return and discussed it with mom. Going through some things that my son had sorted out when he’d visited, I found my dad’s High School Class graduation picture. And his album of the pictures my mom sent him while he was serving in the Pacific Theater (World War 2).
Dad is dad. But these old pictures are, even now, odd reminders of what was.
Trisha
Apr 14, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Its been 4 years since my dad died and, if hopefully I ever become a parent, that’s all he will be to my daughter. I didn’t have a video camera back then either, so i don’t even have a recording of his voice to show her. It makes me sad.
Jewelgirl
Apr 15, 2008 at 4:33 pm
I only got the chance to meet one of
my grandparents. I am fortunate to have
photos. The photos are great but I surely
have missed alot more.
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