Grandpa Les Watches Kyle & Owen Play, Easter 2007
Grandma Lorraine Watches Kyle & Owen Play, Easter 2007 
Grandpa Les Meets Owen for the First Time, Easter 2005
Grandma Lorraine Meets Kyle for the First Time, Easter 2005~ ~ ~
These photos are of my grandparents, Kyle and Owen's great-grandparents. We don't see them often, but we just saw them this past weekend for Easter. Lately they have been calling me on the phone a lot. They call to ask about Kyle and Owen and to thank me for little care packages that I send in the mail to them. Every single time that I talk with them on the phone my grandmother tells me how much she loves "the twins," how much she loves what we've "done" for "those two little boys," and how much she thinks that it is "wonderful" that I have both "career and family." She often mentions how a big career was truly not possible for women of her generation. She usually ends our phone call by telling me that she thinks "the twins" are "very lucky little fellas." These are all her words, not mine. My grandfather simply thanks me profusely for the care packages (which always include at least one drawing or craft project made by Kyle and/or Owen), and he always tells me how much he likes looking at the things "those two little fellas" have made. Each time I see my grandparents, or get off the phone with them, I am just so struck by how amazing their capacity to accept/appreciate has been. Of course people are not perfect -- not even close. But for my grandparents to be able to accept (and even more: appreciate) me and my family for who we are, especially given the obvious huge generation gaps, is such a testament to some of the good parts of human living. I love these photos above because they each are so beautiful and express so much. I won't even begin to articulate all the reasons why these photos are so beautiful, and I won't even begin to articulate all the ways that these photos express so much. Read between the lines. Love is not everywhere, but love is all around... even in some unexpected places. Happy Love Thursday.
3 comments:
This one struck a chord with me today. Beautiful. (And I LOVE the picture of Grandma Lorraine.)
I love the photos of just your grandparents looking at your sons! The expressions on their faces show all the love :)
Aww, so sweet. I love that picture of your grandpa meeting Owen for the first time. Melts my heart. How wonderful that you have these two special people in your life. Happy LT.
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