A little tribute to mom

As all of you may know we said our final goodbye to mom on July 29th this year.  This little entry is my tribute to mom.   This image is one of mom & dad when mom was only 18yr. and dad 19yr.    It was their engagement photo.  She and dad had met and fallen in love and before they could marry he was sent off to war for 5yrs

immediately upon his return from WWII they were married - Dec 10th, 1944.

After almost 64 years of marriage mom loss her life partner.  Dad died in 2008 of Alzheimer's.

This image of my sister Connie & I was taken this past April at mom's favorite place - the Dracut Senior Center where we dropped in for a social afternoon with her.

This shot of my brother Richard and Mom & Dad was taken at one of the last family gatherings when dad was still alive.

Mom's eldest grand-daughter Denise lived the furthest away - yet she held a special place in mom's heart.  This is an image with Den, Mom and Ethan when he was only 6mos and Aunt Germaine.

Mom asked me to do a 3-generation portrait of her grandson Peter's with his new baby Peyton  and his mom (my sister) Connie.

Just a couple of weeks before she passed mom wanted to visit the clinic where her grand-daughter Robin worked as a nurse.

Mom loved visiting with her newest great-grand child - Peyton.

Mom loved her littlest grand babies most of all - (this is Ethan) because she could just hug them often.

This is an image I took when mom & I flew to Colorado to visit her grand-daughter Denise and her family - here mom is with her great-grand-kids Tyler & Ethan.  As Tyler said at mom's funeral - "Memere (Mom) is now an Angel and will always be with us whenever we need her". We love you mom.