tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957052.post457971901095687588..comments2023-09-13T17:12:50.998+01:00Comments on A Compass Rose: They Belonged to My FatherAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957052.post-4090791152793064732013-10-02T10:41:46.506+01:002013-10-02T10:41:46.506+01:00This is a really beautiful post Bonnie. I can spe...This is a really beautiful post Bonnie. I can spend hours looking through old photos, especially ones of my parents before I existed and imagining what they were like back then. One of the things I always keep and have as long as I can remember are birthday cards, they're like little letters and when I read them I feel something different than when I look at a photo, if that makes sense. When my dad passed away, I went through and read some old birthday cards and it was like little messages that I would always have. And I also wish I could have asked more questions, but I had him for a whole 27 years and still didn't. xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957052.post-40996812167195315962013-10-01T05:03:21.259+01:002013-10-01T05:03:21.259+01:00What wonderful mementos and keepsakes. I especiall...What wonderful mementos and keepsakes. I especially love the photo of your parents!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957052.post-15809331460740701122013-09-30T22:37:00.253+01:002013-09-30T22:37:00.253+01:00What a great read. How terrible though, that someo...What a great read. How terrible though, that someone would take your Fathers rings after he passed. That's one of the most terrible things I have heard - I am so very sorry that happened. Although it does sound like the books have much bigger and more manful memories to you that a ring.<br /><br /><br />I myself, have my Grandmothers wedding band. It's so small and light, I always fear I'll lose it. I'd love to do something with it - I just do not know what.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957052.post-14703159007228842912013-09-30T22:07:19.613+01:002013-09-30T22:07:19.613+01:00These are such wonderful memories. Even in times o...These are such wonderful memories. Even in times of great sadness, you found these pieces of your family that brought you comfort and made you feel closer to those you've lost and those you've never known. That's such a gift. <br />It also seems like the books you received from your father may be just as valuable as the rings that you didn't. Books aren't a typical "heirloom", but when I think about it, I find them to be just as personal. For someone who loves to read, books take us to special places and teach us things that we cherish all of our lives; they get in our heads and make us question our lives, sometimes even inspire us to change them. You have those books that moved your father in your hands, and I hope they do the same for you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957052.post-10149595946202342302013-09-30T17:47:13.221+01:002013-09-30T17:47:13.221+01:00What wonderful mementos, Bonnie! Love the photogra...What wonderful mementos, Bonnie! Love the photograph - and especially the story you were able to sleuth out around it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957052.post-49141661410482139702013-09-30T15:25:53.869+01:002013-09-30T15:25:53.869+01:00How lovely to have these things, Bonnie. They will...How lovely to have these things, Bonnie. They will always be precious to you, and it is so great that you have them.<br /><br /><br />When my Dad died 10 months ago, there were very few old pictures of him as a child and none of his father who died very young (aged 28 and my Dad was 2). To our surpirse, having thought no pictures of our grandfather existed, we found many amongst my Dad's things. It was so nice to see and have a connection. One photo that I now have is a picture of my Dad as a small baby being held by his Mum (my granny Peggy) and on the back was written 'my two dreams' by my grandfather. I shared another photo I have of my grandfather via a bloggers linky, which I will share with you here if I may, as I think it is so evocative of the time (1939). My granfather is the one laying down at the front - handsome chap!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957052.post-7774976421122761432013-09-30T13:36:39.127+01:002013-09-30T13:36:39.127+01:00what sweet mementos to have of your father! someti...what sweet mementos to have of your father! sometimes it's the surprising things that mean the most to us! although it's not what you expected to have to remember him by, i'm sure they're just as special. my brother had made a bracelet in a jewelry making class in uni. he gave it to a girl friend and after they broke up i begged him to give it to me! she kept it but after he passed away i got a small package from her with the bracelet in it. it's one of my favorite things from him but i'm too scared to wear it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957052.post-39318460425056458022013-09-30T12:45:24.537+01:002013-09-30T12:45:24.537+01:00Books are so special, reading a book a loved one h...Books are so special, reading a book a loved one has previously read I think gives such a great feeling of connectivity as our eyes scan the page as theirs did!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957052.post-47137702201173372062013-09-30T09:25:45.462+01:002013-09-30T09:25:45.462+01:00I love old photos and memorabilia, especially when...I love old photos and memorabilia, especially when it belonged to a loved one. xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104noreply@blogger.com