I like to think that this picture was taken in February (in actuality it was December 1939). These are my grandparents, freshly married and in love.
I wonder who captured this moment--so telling, so intimate.
My grandfather died when I was nine years old making my grandmother a widow for 29 years. Oh, how she missed him!
I wish I had thought to ask her about this photograph before she passed away. I wonder what she would say.
To me it is the epitome of Valentine's Day--a sacred beginning that culminates in generations who look back with gratitude and smile.
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Julie this is a beautiful picture! I love the old photo's :-D
I posted a picture of my grandparents in an embrace a few years ago at Valentine's day. Their picture also was taken in December. My grandpa died of cancer when I was 7 (he was only 48 years old) leaving my Grandma a widow for 35+ years. Similar stories. My grandma passed away 2 years ago and I like to think of them together now.
The pictures, like yours above, show that they too, were once young, they loved, they had romance - It is so happy!!!
Hope you have a GREAT Friday!
What a beautiful post. Yes, this is what it's all about! Thanks for sharing. - Suzanne
What a great family photo. :A real treasure!
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Really? What a great picture of your grandparents!
Oh! Thank you for sharing this photo! It would be interesting to know the story behind it. I love "love" stories. It sounds like they had one. :)
This is so cute! And such a treasure. I love it!
Very sweet. My grandmother was one of those long time widows too. I remember back in the 80s we bought her a walk man. I rummaged around in her closet for a cassette tape for her to listen to and found on of Grandpa playing the piano. She cried. Imagine those reunions on the other side.
How beautiful :)
I loved Uncle Harold and Aunt Laura, and I LOVE this picture too because I never really saw this side of them. I knew Harold when I was little and I really miss Aunt Laura. She was an amazing lady. I'm so glas you have this photo of them. THanks for sharing and bringing back fond memories.
I wonder if you've listened to their voice recordings that I've posted on the web (with all of the other Davidsons). If you're interested, you can find it here: http://www.torontos.org/?p=3415 It's a fairly long recording, but Harold is at 10:52 and Laura is at 33:11.
Thanks again,
Love, Joe
So so sweet!
That is a rare and beautiful photo to have. There is a story of a lot of love there.
Ask Jenni. If I remember right, she's embarrassed in the picture and leaning back because she didn't want him to kiss her in public. That sounds more like her, doesn't it?
Such a lovely picture!
Uncle Alvin has the hat which your grandpa got in Sweden on his mission, also the boots.
I LOVE that! What a treasure you have with that picture.
Ah, this sure warms MY heart. What a treasured possession.
Warmly, Michelle
What a beautiful treasure!
That is such a beautiful picture.
I bet she felt like that about him forever.
I love that photo. And so great that it is family.
Wow, that is amazing! What a great idea to post for Valentine's Day!
Such a touching photo. Makes me almost believe true, lasting live might be real for some people. How hard that must have been for your grandmother to be a widow so young.
Thanks for posting that picture. I hope you don't mind, but I copied it. I don't have many pictures of Grandma Carlson, and none of Grandpa Carlson.
It is a beautiful image! I can't believe your Grandmother was a widow for so many years. Bless her heart.
Goodness Julie, that is a gorgeous intimate photo, and he obviously adored her. What a treasure old photos are, and especially one like this!
This is such a romantic moment captured on film. Who ever took it was a amazing photographer. I use to wonder why my grandmother loved my grandfather so much and thing I heard about the love letters he would write her. They seemed like such an odd pair.
Oh, I do love this! It's definitely worth a thousand words. Romance, tenderness, intimate, devotion, warmth, enduring, anticipation....
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