Grandma's Arms
Grandparents and Grandchildren – the Closest Thing There is to Pure Love.
When I was little, my grandpa lived with us. I was his buddy. He spent a lot of time in his garden, and I was frequently right along side of him, “helping”.
When I was driving my mom nuts, he’d scoop me up, sit me in his Dodge, and we’d go for a long ride in the country. Grandpa and I explored for hours in the countryside around Portland, just the two of us.
He lived for 99 years, until I was in my early 30′s, but I still carry a lot of him with me. Every time I laugh, I hear his laugh in mine. When he died, he still had a substantial head of hair, and I see his hair every time I look in the mirror. Mine is even starting to pick up the gray that I remember in his so well.
Without a doubt, he left some very prominent footprints on my heart.
There’s something so special about this relationship between grandparents and grandchildren. Now that I have grandchildren of my own, I’ve come to realize that it’s the closest thing there is to pure love. As I write this, my 15 month old grandaughter Kennedy is sitting on my lap, giving me kisses and “helping” me type. But most importantly, she’s giving me inspiration, reminding me of how huge a part of my life she’s become in such a short time.
I don’t have any really good photographs of my grandpa and I when i was little – just a couple of snapshots. I’d love to have something wonderful of he and I together in his garden, me in my overalls with my little hoe, and him with his hand on his hip, hat on his head, watching me dig the furrow to plant the corn seeds.
I’d love to have something wonderful of the two of us with the Dodge in the background. We spent so much time together in that car as we explored the world together.
I’d even love to have something wonderful of just him, because I don’t.
As you might well imagine, our house is filled with photographs of our grandchildren. Even when they’re not here, they’re with me, both visually and in my heart. When they’re my age, and remembering their relationship with me, I also want them to have something wonderful that captures and celebrates the relationship we had as they were growing up. I think every grandparent and grandchild deserves these memories.
That’s why we created Grandmas Arms and Grandpas hands, our special portraits of grandparents and grandchildren together. We can create these in a storytelling style, like I’d love to have had with my grandpa. We can create these in a Relationships style, done in the studio in black and white, or we can create these in any way that’s appropriate to show this very special realationship between you and your grandchildren.
All you have to do is call the studio to schedule a consultation. Together, we’ll design the perfect portrait that will tell the story you want remembered both today, and for generations to come.
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