Thanksgiving day 2005...Our whole family at granny and granddaddy's house...A's first Thanksgiving (her shirt even said so)...you had moved in to the house next door...you were working on a music studio in the shed outside...you were beaming with pride...all seemed right with the world...I snapped a picture...Our mom, her little boy and her first grandchild...not to mention her dog (her favorite child, ha ha)...
What a great Christmas present it would make for mom, and granny...I didn't know it would be the last time I saw your face...I'm lucky to have that picture...if it hadn't been Thanksgiving or a special occasion I might not have had a camera on hand...but the physical picture is not needed to remember...because I won't ever forget the last time I saw you...forever young in my memory...a father, husband, son and brother looking in to the camera one last time...16 days later you would be gone...
If I had known...I would have let you talk my ear off...like you were prone to do...I would have let you play 10 seconds of a 100 songs even though it annoyed me...
I had that picture printed...enough to give everyone a copy...the last photo of you...a good memory...a happy day...I have a copy for A for when she is older...
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