Digging through the past....

Being that all of my family lives in Brazil, and being that I am now here visiting, I have had opportunities to visit with loved ones and relive some of the past.... and learn about some "past" that I wasn't even around for, being that I was not born until MANY years later. It is amazing to learn where you came from, what your family was like decades before you became part of the picture and just to learn about their lives..... My mom and I were digging yesterday through many photo albums and bags of images of our family... and that is when I ran accross this and almost fell of my chair! This is my maternal grandma, Jeannette Rosa Brand, at the age of 7...which was probably 1930.... there were a TON of BEAUTIFUL professional images of her... apparently my great grandmother LOVED to have her photographed.... there are AWESOME images, but I think this one is my favorite... Here is the original, the version I doctored up and then LAST... is my grandmother TODAY. I drove out to her place today to visit her and hug her and had a great time.... years go by so quickly.... of course I could not resist an image of us together... today was an awesome day... today I got to CELEBRATE LIFE!

Lots of love everyones way...

Maria