The Weekly Photo Challenge is Signs. A few years ago I made a visit to my folks house with the intent of scanning family photos. I came across a unique piece of family memorabilia. When I asked my mother about…
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Signs
Tagged with: family history, geneology, Pictures], postaday2014, postaweek 2014, uncategorized, Weekly Photo Challenge
Posted in 2014, Family history
Posted in 2014, Family history
Mother and Child
This incredible photo is of two people I never knew, my grandmother Carmen’s friend, Amalia, and her son Raymond. I found the photo last year in my mom’s “treasure chest.” My grandmother and Amalia lived in the same Los…
Tagged with: 2013, B4Peace, Friends, friendship, love, Mother's Day, motherhood, Neighbors, Peace, postaday, postaday2013, postaweek, postaweek2013
Posted in 2013, Family, Family history, Peaceful, Personal, Thoughts
Posted in 2013, Family, Family history, Peaceful, Personal, Thoughts
The Late Night Intruder (Revisited)
In celebration of my brother David’s birthday, I’m reposting one of my earliest stories. It’s a true family favorite that takes place when my brother and I were in college. ********* My brother and I were in the kitchen burning…
Tagged with: Family, family archive, family history, grandmother, Personal, postaday, postaday2012, postaweek, postaweek2012, uncategorized
Posted in 2012, Family, Family history, Personal, Uncategorized
Posted in 2012, Family, Family history, Personal, Uncategorized
December 24th – Remembering the Day We Met
I posted this story one year ago. As it’s one of my favorite stories I’ll tell it again after making an adjustment for the timeline. ******** It was Christmas Eve, 1977. I was nineteen. Earlier in the week I was…
Tagged with: anniversary, Christmas, Family, family history, Personal, Pictures], postaday, postaday2012, postaweek, postaweek2012
Posted in 2012, Christmas, Family, Family history, Personal, Uncategorized
Posted in 2012, Christmas, Family, Family history, Personal, Uncategorized
“Let’s Remember 12/10/49”
In times before social media, how did we capture significant moments? We would tell stories, passing them down for all to remember. Sometimes the stories become embellished blurring the lines between what we imagine and what really happened. This was…
Tagged with: Family, family history, Parents, Personal, postaday, postaday2012, postaweek, postaweek2012, uncategorized
Posted in 2012, Family, Family history, Personal, Uncategorized
Posted in 2012, Family, Family history, Personal, Uncategorized
Geometry – A Bit of Alaska
In looking through family photos I came across a file called “A Bit of Alaska.” I felt the photos truly capture the spirit of the Weekly Photo Challenge “Geometry.” In 2005, my brother Raul and his wife Stacy celebrated their…
Tagged with: 2012, Alaska, Family, family history, Geometry, Glaciers, Musings, nature, outdoors, Personal, Photography, Pictures], postaday, postaday2012, postaweek, postaweek2012, Thoughts, uncategorized, Weekly Photo Challenge
Posted in 2012, Family, Family history, Uncategorized
Posted in 2012, Family, Family history, Uncategorized
Foreign
The Weekly Photo Challenge theme is Foreign. My grandmother, Carmen, was born in Mexico but she was a permanent resident of the United States. I was happily surprised when I discovered my mother had some of my grandmother’s Certificates of…
Tagged with: 2012, Family, family archive, family history, geneology, grandfather, grandmother, grandparents, Personal, Photography, Pictures], postaday, postaday2012, postaweek, postaweek2012, Thoughts, Weekly Photo Challenge
Posted in 2012, Family history, Personal, Uncategorized
Posted in 2012, Family history, Personal, Uncategorized
Silhouette
The Weekly Photo Challenge is Silhouette. The family photo gallery offers a very unique offering. What I’m about to share is one of the most important images that exists in the gallery! In my post, The Treasure Chest I shared…
Tagged with: 2012, ancestors, Family, family archive, family history, geneology, grandfather, grandparents, Musings, Personal, Pictures], postaday, postaday2012, postaweek, postaweek2012, Thoughts, uncategorized, Weekly Photo Challenge
Posted in 2012, Family, Family history, Musings, Personal, Thoughts, Uncategorized
Posted in 2012, Family, Family history, Musings, Personal, Thoughts, Uncategorized
Phantom of Delight – Dad’s Point of View
Here is the continuation of yesterday’s post given from my dad’s point of view. It’s quite a contrast as you’ll soon see. If you have not seen the previous post, please take a look so you’ll have the right context! …
Tagged with: 2012, Family, family archive, family history, Musings, Personal, Pictures], poetry, postaday, postaday2012, postaweek, postaweek2012
Posted in 2012, Family, Family history, Personal, Thoughts
Posted in 2012, Family, Family history, Personal, Thoughts
Banana Curls – Mom’s Point of View
When I was at my parent’s house scanning family photos, I would occasionally come across a photo that would cause a certain reaction from my mom, but a very different reaction from my dad. Here is one such photo. It’s…
Tagged with: 2012, childhood memories, Family, family archive, family history, mother, music, Personal, Pictures], postaday, postaday2012, postaweek
Posted in 2012, Family, Family history, Musings, Personal
Posted in 2012, Family, Family history, Musings, Personal
