Long Time Love

This was the day after the doctor gave my Dad a death sentence of lung cancer. He had had it a long time. He was given two weeks.

Just plain wonderful .

This one affects me deeply - no words to describe ...

My sister just passed from cancer this weekend. I took my last photos of her 3 weeks ago. I wish I had thought to take one showing the love and affection between she and her husband on that day, and which you have captured here.

My condolences about your sister. I lost my only sister(and best friend) three years ago next month. I have a lot of pictures of her but mostly on digital. I went to visit her two weeks before she passed away and it was a bad visit. She looked like she just was rescued from Dachau. I took pictures while I was there with her wondering later why I did.

thank you for sharing this intimate moment/series with us. wonderful reminder(s) of what is important...

My Dad was a supervisor/fixer(as they were called) in the Spooler Room in a major cotton mill in Charlotte for 50 years, breathing all that dirty cotton dyed fibers in the air and from the Dye House next to them all that long his lungs didn't stand a chance. I worked with him in summer months while in high school and on Saturdays nights we'd blow the spoolers off and the cotton was so bad it looked like a snow storm in there. We'd have cotton in our hair and all over our clothes but we used the air pressure hoses we blew the Spooler room down with to blow ourselves off. No air conditioning in that place and no filtration system. He told me after I graduated he never wanted to see me in that place again. He knew the perils and health hazards but, he had little choice due to his education, which was little.

Col, you tear me up. I've not seen anyone who shot family members w/ so much heart.

There was a song back in the 70's by a groups called "Bread" called "Everything I Own". It was written and sung by David Gates on the passing of his Dad. I recently listened to it again and it reminds me of my own Dad. He was a good man and the best Dad anyone could hope for and loved my Mom and his family unconditionally. If anyone's interested in hearing that song... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4dXrV4FtjE

your portraits are wonderful.
thank you for posting them.
john