Can it really be 11 years? Time just seems to be motoring on these days. Grace has grown into a beautiful young lady - hopefully you'll still be able to see her frequently.
Regards Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ On Mon, Jul 11, 2016, at 11:01 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Grace arrived 11 years ago on a flight from Scotland to Detroit, via > Baltimore. It was an escape I had arranged, and I couldn’t breathe easy > until I saw Grace and her mother descending the escalator from the flight > deck. My wife and I met them and took them home. The next morning I got > down on the floor and talked to Gracie — and photographed her — and we > began to establish a powerful bond that included all manner of things, > including cameras. In the years that followed there were parties, trips > to the beach, an endless number of days at the park, games, meals, some > wonderful friends in the neighborhood and more. And through it all, > Gracie was my partner, and I documented it in photos, some 3,000 I > believe. But the end was always inevitable and yesterday it came to pass > at 8:40 am as Grace and her mother left for a new life in Houston, Texas. > I had steeled myself against the inevitable, but once their truck was out > of site, the tears flowed. Today hasn’t been easy, but I have learned > about moving on, and I’m working on that. I’ll be good, and I trust that > Gracie will as well. But I will love her deeply until the day I die. > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18259241 > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -- -- http://www.fastmail.com - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
