My Day, My Say 2/24/2009

I took this picture last fall on the river (Guadalupe) It's not remarkable but it reminds me of life. As we age we look back and see a blur of colors & textures, some bright, some dark. A few pieces of gold stand out.

While reading an obituary (yes, I confess, I am addicted) one stood out. A lovely photo of a young woman taken in the late 1930's. Obviously her graduation picture. She was a child of the depression, her father had moved all over the oilfields of Texas and Louisiana but she had graduated from highschool with honors. Every accolade she had won was recounted. Miss This, President of That .... Then she got married and had children. That's all, merely a list of her survivors. This woman lived for another 80 years, but for her the gold was way back in school.

I realize that her life was much more than the sum of her public school experiences and that husband and her children are the stars of her life but what do you want your "Stand Out" golden moments to be?