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Sunday, December 09, 2012

A Flash of Memories

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Today Camillo has been gone two months, and even today I can’t really believe that he is not here with me and his family.  I have spent nearly the complete two months looking back through our photo albums.  Albums that we started after our first trips in 1992 and ended with the my first digital camera Camillo gave me for Christmas 2002.  After that I stored all my digital photos in folders on an exterior drive, thousand and thousand of photos from all of our trips, parties, celebrations, all the good times.

DSC_2899In February of 2007, I started writing on ‘notanissionary’ as a guest writer and nearly simultaneously started Flowers on the side; a blog for the purpose of posting color and photos from time to time.  Through these two blogs I began to track our trips and other activities in real-time.  I didn’t always post about all of the trip, maybe the leaving or just the return, but I have photos of nearly everything we did over our 20 years together.  I find this a comfort; not many people can say their lives have been so thoroughly documented. 

(The countryside near Alba)

My last photo post was from Torino.  From there we traveled to Alba and on to Como.  I have yet to look at all the photos from that last week, but I will.  I wouldn't want to miss the memories they represent.  All of our DSC_3293last week, the last day, the last hours are documented in photos. 

(Lake Como)

The last day was a day well spent.  A sit on a bench sharing a panna cotta flavored ice cream, gelato; a day filled with laughter, and good food, and friends and new sights.   All  the things that our life was filled with, all twenty years, no one can ask for more than that; a lifetime of memories. 

 

6 comments:

  1. I am sorry to hear about Camillo. It is wonderful that you had 20 years together and were able to take such wonderful trips and have them documented.

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    1. Thank you Robyn, good to see you visiting.

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    2. So good to see you posting again, Ginger. You are indeed fortunate to have a documented history of your time with Carillo - and beautifully documented at that. That last photo I find stunningly beautiful with all sorts of interpretations, most of them a bit fanciful because I can be like that sometimes. To me the flower is the love you shared. Go well, Ginger.

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  2. oh, Ginger (((abracos))) I'm so grateful that you do have the photos and the memories. The photos of that last week will be there whenever you are ready. ((((abracos))) Continuing to pray for you as you continue to grieve and mourn and walk through life without him, now. I cannot imagine.

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  3. Good that you have all the photos and memories. May they continue to be a comfort!

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  4. Ginger, I am so glad you have so many photos to go through and recall all of the happy times. Bless you my friend.

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