Hannah took this picture of her grandparents a few days ago, when everyone realized that soon Shirley, 95, was going to leave Walter, 100, to carry on alone. Now that has come to pass. She died at home as she had wished, surrounded by her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, and with her husband of some 75 years. "I'm not afraid any more," she confided towards the end. "Just very, very tired."
Now that's love, not to mention committment, to have weathered 70 years together. That generation didn't bail when things got tough; they endured.
ReplyDeleteThis is quite a photo.
ReplyDeleteLove to all your family, Claudia.
end of an 1/2 era....such a long life...and you knew her for how many years?
ReplyDeleteLike, 36?
ReplyDeleteSince she was younger than I am now?