This is such a beautiful and timely piece you have shared, Nic. I’m sending thoughts and energy to you and her for a gentle passing when the time comes. She is a gogeous woman! Yesterday, I spent the afternoon with my parents cleaning out their attic. Their health has been steadily declining for the last two years, and together we have been periodically sorting through the depths and corners of the house in an attempt to be less overwhelmed when the time comes to sort through all of their belongings. We went through so many old photo albums of my parents as children and as young adults before they met. So many small seemingly insignificant stories make their way to the surface in an afternoon spent in this way. What a memory in itself-kind of a “meta” memory that will stay in my time capsule.
Another good one comes to the surface anytime I hear Lady Gaga. My grandma, who passed away many years ago, was coming to the end of her life just as Lady Gaga was becoming well-known. My grandma would shrug her shoulders and make little fists in her signature dance move and say out loud, “that’s a catchy little diddy” everytime one of Gaga’s songs played. To this day, I still say “catchy little diddy” to myself and chuckle anytime I hear her music!
This is such a beautiful and timely piece you have shared, Nic. I’m sending thoughts and energy to you and her for a gentle passing when the time comes. She is a gogeous woman! Yesterday, I spent the afternoon with my parents cleaning out their attic. Their health has been steadily declining for the last two years, and together we have been periodically sorting through the depths and corners of the house in an attempt to be less overwhelmed when the time comes to sort through all of their belongings. We went through so many old photo albums of my parents as children and as young adults before they met. So many small seemingly insignificant stories make their way to the surface in an afternoon spent in this way. What a memory in itself-kind of a “meta” memory that will stay in my time capsule.
Another good one comes to the surface anytime I hear Lady Gaga. My grandma, who passed away many years ago, was coming to the end of her life just as Lady Gaga was becoming well-known. My grandma would shrug her shoulders and make little fists in her signature dance move and say out loud, “that’s a catchy little diddy” everytime one of Gaga’s songs played. To this day, I still say “catchy little diddy” to myself and chuckle anytime I hear her music!