I have my grandmother's pearls, her tiny schnapps glasses, and a couple of her beautiful flower teacups (my uncle got that collection, but generously gave me a couple). Unfortunately tne glasses and cups are in storage right now, back in the US.
But most of all what I have is my grandmother, and my grandfather. I think of them often, but somehow they never really feel far away. I don't believe in anything so facile as guardian angels, but the time I had a car accident that so easily could have been fatal and ended up with only some seatbelt rash and a stiff neck, I confess to wondering for a brief moment just how much they really could interfere. No, I don't think they did. I do they they would have if they could. I do think that the part of me that is the hole they left is still filled with their presence, with the influence they had on me and the part of me that is due to them.
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Date: 2007-11-02 08:58 am (UTC)But most of all what I have is my grandmother, and my grandfather. I think of them often, but somehow they never really feel far away. I don't believe in anything so facile as guardian angels, but the time I had a car accident that so easily could have been fatal and ended up with only some seatbelt rash and a stiff neck, I confess to wondering for a brief moment just how much they really could interfere. No, I don't think they did. I do they they would have if they could. I do think that the part of me that is the hole they left is still filled with their presence, with the influence they had on me and the part of me that is due to them.