This brought tears to my eyes. I often think about how my sons have no knowledge of who I was before they came along. I have wonderful photos of my parents when they lived in Poncé, Puerto Rico, for the first two years of their marriage, where my dad worked before I was born, and even after I was conceived. For my mother, who grew up in a very small town at the base of the White Mountains in New Hampshire, this must have seemed like an extraordinarily glamorous existence. Indeed, the pictures show her in glam bathing suits and sunglasses reminiscent of Jackie Kennedy, who had just tragically become a widow, with my dad gazing adoringly at her through his bottle-thick "engineer" glasses.
Hey, Michele - thanks for stopping by to read and share your thoughts here. It's so fascinating now thinking about your sons and their knowledge of who you are and how there's this entire story they don't know . . . yet? Oh I love the description of the photographs of your glamorous mum and, especially, the adoring look of your father. Goodness, we hold so many stories!!!! 💙
I loved the poem and the story. I still cherish the photos of my parents’ honeymoon in 1946.
Hi Silvano! Thanks for stopping by, reading and commenting here. Photos from your parents' honeymoon - wow - how lovely to be have those!
This brought tears to my eyes. I often think about how my sons have no knowledge of who I was before they came along. I have wonderful photos of my parents when they lived in Poncé, Puerto Rico, for the first two years of their marriage, where my dad worked before I was born, and even after I was conceived. For my mother, who grew up in a very small town at the base of the White Mountains in New Hampshire, this must have seemed like an extraordinarily glamorous existence. Indeed, the pictures show her in glam bathing suits and sunglasses reminiscent of Jackie Kennedy, who had just tragically become a widow, with my dad gazing adoringly at her through his bottle-thick "engineer" glasses.
Hey, Michele - thanks for stopping by to read and share your thoughts here. It's so fascinating now thinking about your sons and their knowledge of who you are and how there's this entire story they don't know . . . yet? Oh I love the description of the photographs of your glamorous mum and, especially, the adoring look of your father. Goodness, we hold so many stories!!!! 💙
I've never of this old wives tale.
Hi Jonathan -- I'm now thinking I may have made it up!
I snuck in there by surprise seven years after my parents thought they had completed their family with two brothers and two sisters 🤭
Haha! Well done you! 💙