On Dec 3, 2007 7:32 PM, Gianfranco Irlanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi my friends, > > I know I'm mostly lurking lately but I'm used to share my > feelings with you, too bad this time are sad news. > > My mother Carmelina passed away this evening. She was 80 and had > several health problems, none of them particularly bad, but in > the end was the heart that failed, almost all of a sudden. > > I have almost no picture of her of the last ten years, she was > quite shy, and angry of not being young anymore... I just want > to share a memory and this 1998 picture I took of her with my > father and our first cat, Matisse, in one of our last moment of > true happiness together: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/2085385712/ > > The memory I'd like to share is a moment of her youth, something > she used to tell us (sometimes too often, when I and my brother > were kids...) and to us was like a fairy tale. > > Immediatley after the WWII (or during its last months), in > Naples there were good bands and orchestras following the > Allies. My mother was young and attractive, and at a ball a US > officer invited her to dance. When they started dancing all the > others stopped and stood apart. They were dancing alone in the > ballroom. At the end of the dance, the officer told her > something like: "You look like Barbara Stanwyck..." > She did understand what she heard but was too shy and almost > fled away. Another officer came close and told her, in Italian I > guess: "Do you know, miss? You danced with the most famous > American dancer!" > > Who this famous dancer was was a recurring matter of debate > among us when a musical of the Fifties was on TV... > > Ciao, > > Gianfranco > > PS: in her teens and twenties she did look like Barbara Stanwyck > indeed... >
Such a beautiful story, such a beautiful lady. Thank you for sharing this story, that's obviously so important to you, so much a part of who you are. It brought a tear to my eye (literally). My condolences, Gianfranco. We're all with you in this difficult time. regards, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
