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Subject: [Leica] [OM] Mother's Day This Year
From: nwajsman at gmail.com (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sat, 9 May 2015 06:41:53 +0200
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It is not the size of the monument but the depth of the feelings that 
matter, Jim! Beautiful and poignant.

And thanks for referring to my visit to the Copenhagen cemeteries?indeed, I 
was there when I stopped there on my way home from Riga in April.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman

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YNWA













> On 07 May 2015, at 19:28, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
> 
> I have always admired Nathan's faithfulness in visiting the graves of his 
> parents.  This year, after losing my wife at the end of February, it was a 
> race against time and the weather to get a marker and flowers in place by 
> Mother's Day.  Today, with three days to spare, I finished the task.
> 
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Marker+B_amp_W.JPG.html
> 
> There is quite a difference in the imposing markers and statuary that 
> Nathan captures on his visits, and the simple, easy maintenance designs of 
> a modern, rural cemetery.  But, it is close at hand, and contains a lot of 
> friends and acquaintances that I recall as I walk about.  And it is 
> perpetually maintained.  Donna has joined two other family members whom 
> she loved very much.  And  all the kids have to do when I'm gone is to add 
> a date plate.
> 
> -- 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
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