Going sentimental on an old photograph.
By eileenleyva
@eileenleyva (27562)
Philippines
November 29, 2021 12:00am CST
A memento in black and white popped on my memory feed - a family photograph taken on a New Year's Ever when I was probably six.
I went mushy while looking at the old picture. My family is gone now, my parents demised and my siblings far away in North America.
A soft longing for the warm memories of the dearest people in my heart.
Perhaps one day....
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@florelway (23157)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
29 Nov 21
I cannot tell which one is you of the two girls but you're both pretty at that age. I was an ugly duckling in my elementary days lol, dark and thin lol.
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
29 Nov 21
Am the one beside my Daddy. My elder sister is a Mommy's girl. Ha ha.
Nope, we are not ugly ducklings. We are all swans beginning to bloom at that stage.
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
30 Nov 21
@florelway That is true. Probably, we are swans from the very beginning just that we look at the ducks and think them beautiful and we miss looking at how beautiful we are, too.
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@florelway (23157)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
30 Nov 21
@eileenleyva At any stage a swan is always graceful..
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@Nawsheen (28644)
• Mauritius
30 Nov 21
@eileenleyva Once you lose your parents, life is no longer the same
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
30 Nov 21
@Nawsheen I am forever indebted to those two people who loved me sincerely. They saw to my every need, especially when I was rearing my two girls. They were the perfect assists.
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
29 Nov 21
Thank you. Holding my beloved parents with joy in my heart. They loved me unconditionally.
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@rsa101 (37968)
• Philippines
30 Nov 21
@eileenleyva We had lots of albums back then but we had lost many because of floods when our place was hit by typhoons back then.
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
1 Dec 21
@rsa101 You are not alone. I know of families and friends left with no picture of their ancestors at all. Keep the ones you have in a digital album.
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
29 Nov 21
We can't help but cherish the good old days, can't we, because our parents created the memories.
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
30 Nov 21
The saxophone was for my brother. But he played the guitar later. My dad was a lawyer.
Yup, my elder sister and I had always been mistaken for twins.
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
30 Nov 21
@JudyEv Yup. And one month of the year, we share the same age. Ha ha.
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@JudyEv (325955)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Nov 21
@eileenleyva I can understand the two of you being mistaken for twins. 
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
29 Nov 21
Thank you. I admit I miss my family. My childhood was a beautiful one.
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
30 Nov 21
@Rashnag Our blessings which we must be grateful for.
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
29 Nov 21
It's like wishing I could get back to those moments in time.
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
30 Nov 21
@sinari Am the one beside my father. Yes, my mother always did wear a winning smile. My sister and I took after her, I think, because we love to smile all the time.
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@sinari (4997)
• Indonesia
30 Nov 21
@eileenleyva Which is your picture? Is this a picture of your parents? If yes, your mother is very beautiful.
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
29 Nov 21
My daughter helped me in that area. Actually, she wanted to rid the shelves of my albums so she could put her college textbooks there. To my delight. Ha ha
My siblings are too far out with no desire to come back home.
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
29 Nov 21
Yup. The only one who thanked America for a visa offered.
@merrybelle2021 (1389)
• Philippines
29 Nov 21
It's good that you have digital copies of your old pictures before they deteriorated due to age, humidity, calamities, etc.
We also wore dresses, shoes and socks back then.
Was your father in a band?
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
29 Nov 21
My elder daughter took time to take pictures of the old albums more than a decade ago. She uploaded these in her albums and tagged me. Am very grateful.
My father was in the legal profession.
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@merrybelle2021 (1389)
• Philippines
29 Nov 21
@eileenleyva So what is that he's holding, a saxophone?
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
29 Nov 21
@merrybelle2021 That's a sax for my brother. We are a musical family. The piano is right behind. Covered.
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
30 Nov 21
Thank you very much. My mother was a naturally gregarious woman, very personable and amiable at all times.
