Week #2 - Always Loved & Never Forgotten

I know what you may be thinking... "is that a headstone?" "Oh, wow" "how sad". This may not be the typical picture you'd expect someone to post for their lighting entry, so let me explain...

I took this picture early this morning after church. I lost my grandma over winter break and so my whole break consisted of visiting her in the hospital, picking up family from the airport, cooking, mourning, etc...

Today was the first time we saw her headstone so I proceeded to pull out my sidekick and take a picture of it to send to my cousin in Honolulu. I tried my best to get a clear picture of it and made my family step aside so I wouldn't get legs and feet in the picture because it would be a distraction. It wasn't until after when I was looking at the picture during the car ride home, that I noticed the shadows (I guess my picture wasn't as clear as I thought?). Mr. Sun was shining behind me thus creating our images on the ground.

Starting from the left: my mom, my little sister, & me holding my sidekick.

I didn't get upset over the sun's rays. Lighting snuck in and played a little trick on me, but I didn't mind. As a matter of fact, it ended up being a comfort to me. I'm not quite sure how to adequately explain this, but it reminded me that sometimes you have to let go of perfection. I wanted the perfect shot of just her headstone & flowers, but I also ended up being in the picture (as well as my mom and little sister).

The shadows in the picture were proof that people were in fact there. I found comfort in the thought that although my grandma is no longer here with us on earth, her shadow still remains... the light from the sun just isn't shining from behind her to prove it.

My grandma lived by this passage:

In your recipe for living,

include a large measure of love

It is not what we have,

but what we give that makes us rich