Grandkids' school photos from kindergarten to grade twelve are stored in a thick blue album in the bedside table. A Bible verse from Psalms marks the album's cover. Sandra hung these photos on thin silver cords in the living room. Though a trendy choice for accessibility, the writer preferred not to see the faces daily, fearing their significance might fade. Memories and sentiments surrounding family photographs are cherished, illustrating the writer’s love and concern for their grandkids.
I just wanted to tell you grandkids, in confidence, that all those school photos of you, of all of you, from all the years, all thirteen years from kindergarten to grade twelve-my goodness there are so many-are in a thick blue photo album in the top drawer of my bedside table.
You remember how Sandra hung those school photos up on thin silver cords in my living room, with little clothespins? She said that it was the fashion to do that, and that this way I'd be able to see the photos all the time, hung out to dry, in plain view.
Bless her heart, but I just didn't enjoy seeing all your faces from all the years hanging from a wash line and staring out at me every day. I was afraid I'd begin not to see them.
There's a Bible verse on the cover of the album, one from Psalms: "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, which made Heaven and Earth."
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