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The house out back.
This is the carriage house that was in the back of my grandparents. From the time I can remember until the time the house was sold, it was rented as two apartments – one first floor, one second. I do remember checking out both floors in between renters and being captivated by the layouts of both – especially the second. I happen to know that the first floor housed my parents, my brother, and I before we moved out to 217 in Raynham. The living room is where my Mom found their dog with my head in his mouth as I was crawling across the floor. The story goes that…
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A different view.
How sweet are these pictures? I see a loving grandmother cuddling with her adoring grandson. This is a pose that I have assumed with all five of my grandchildren and now with my great-grandson. I can relate to her contentment. At the time of these photos, Craig lived in the carriage house on the property of my grandparents, so I know that it was very easy for them to have moments like this together. Unfortunately, by the time I arrived some seven years later, my grandmother was going through some heavy health issues and was not the same person as in these photos. I did not see Beemaw smile often,…
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Into the Woods
I love love love this photo. I have no idea where it was taken. Could be our property at 217 (the houses in the background look a bit familiar, it could be that undeveloped portion in front of the orchard) or perhaps it is at the farm in NH. I love that we are out there in our loafers, ankle socks, and short, short dresses, Ellen’s is even a smocked one, so familiar in our childhood. This picture could be used as an advertisement for a Campground or Cabin Resort Rental property, couldn’t it? “Come have fun with us! What are you waiting for? “ I love it – another…
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Bonds across the generations.
As a grandparent myself, I look at this picture with a different lens than I would have 20 years ago. I mean, you can see the pride in my dad’s eyes and the joy with which he “presents” his son to his father, but I now also see the joy with which my grandfather is interacting with his grandson too. There is so much unsaid in this picture though. The nine months of worry for both adults, for the family. Would this baby be born with spina-bifada like his half-sister before him? And while everyone was rejoicing in a healthy baby and a boy to boot, I’m sure there was…
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Out of one house and into another.
I worked at a clothing manufacturer for a year after high school because I had no idea what I wanted to be when “I grew up” and didn’t want to waste money going to college if I wasn’t sure. It was an eye-opening experience for sure and one that I am glad to have been through. During that year, my Mom and I were having a conversation about working, She had not worked outside of the house since before we were born and was looking for a way to make some money of her own. I suggested she try to get a job where I worked, she didn’t drive and…
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The Three Amigos
This was a fun picture to find and I love it. I may have to print this to frame. I have always heard the stories bantered back and forth when my Aunt and Dad got together and started reminiscing about their younger days. They were close in age and had a lot of the same friends. I always marveled at their relationship from that time because as an adult, I only saw their relationship after it had deteriorated, and become contentious. There was a feeling of superiority from my aunt to my dad and I saw her treat him with disdain and a condescending attitude more often than not. So,…
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Tackling the east coast in 2 weeks back in ’93
. Disney Cousin Bill and Mary’s house Rosemarie and Tom’s house Craig and Deb’s in Valdosta Aunt Pat and Uncle Bill’s in New Jersey After I got divorced, vacations were a solo parent event. The first year, the four of us spent a week at Papoose Pond in Maine, camping. It was the first time I had camped as an adult and to say it was a learning experience would be an understatement. So, the following year, buoyed by the confidence from the year before, I decided to take the kids to Florida – mainly to go to Disney. Amy had been the year Adam was born but the others…
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Three Generations joined by love, laughter and life.
I sat and looked at this picture for a long time. I see that my Dad does not have his ever-present pipe in his mouth. I am assuming that he has been told by the picture taker or cohort to get rid of it and I believe that it is probably in his left hand, hiding it slightly behind his leg. They look like they all have the same nose, although my grandfather is turned a bit so I can’t definitively say so. This is something I hadn’t realized before studying this photo. It is sunny for sure – look at the squints, surprised by that. My aunt, who I…
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Happy New Year to our LLL Family!!!!!
Don’t know about you, but the year 2024 sounds like we are in a science-fiction movie for some reason. Feels very futuristic for sure. Regardless, here we are. In doing our planning for the year, we realized that we have been doing this legacy project of ours for five years now. Can you believe it? We hope you have had fun following along and answering the questions each week in whatever way works for you. Our whole goal here was to not only leave a legacy for our family but also to help facilitate yours. We have decided that this year is going to look a bit different for us. …
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What kind of car is this?
Today we are starting a new series on Leaving a Life Legacy. From the day we started back in 2018 until this very post, we have always answered a question. Always leaving a legacy of stories for our family, filling in gaps they might be questioning and hoping to clue them into what life was like for us growing up. Now, we are going to do something a little different. For every post in 2024, starting with this one, we will be showing a picture from our family’s past. Some will be before we were born, some after. Then each of us will reflect on that picture, what it means…