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I just had to share this with you guys.
My grandfather passed away last week.
He was an amazing man and I am honored to have known him so well. He was a second father to me in so many ways.
So my wife and I are back here in my hometown and we decided to get some nice pictures made for the visitation and funeral.
Now my grandfather served in the navy during World War II and my grandmother has a small photo of him in his navy uniform from that time. It's the first photo he ever sent her of him.
My grandmother showed the photo to her mother (my great grandmother) and said "This is the man I'm going to marry".
They were together for 67 years, married for 62.
It's a great photo and my wife had the idea to take it to a photography place to have it scanned and a larger copy printed to display at the funeral home.
Well the photo lab somehow managed to lose the picture.
My grandmother was DEVASTATED. Having lost her husband last week, she had now lost a photograph which meant so much her and that she'd kept near and dear for nearly 70 years.
I went racing back to the lab and they looked everywhere for it but it was nowhere to be found. I requested and received several free reprints of the image to make up for the error. The reprints were nice, but they were no replacement for the original my grandmother treasured so much.
I prayed that somehow the picture would turn up again but was prepared for the worst. We knew that with each day that passed, the odds of recovering it went down.
The visitation was this afternoon and when we came home tonight there was a voicemail from the photo lab: They found the picture!
I have seldom seen a look of jubilation as I saw on my grandmother when she listened to that message. My wife immediately went back to the lab and retrieved it for her.
I said to her afterwards: "I wonder if grandpa pulled some strings up there to make sure you got it back."
It's been a very long few days and the actual funeral ceremony is tomorrow. My grandmother has been through a lot lately, but at least she got a lovely blessing by getting that picture back.
Here it is by the way:
My grandfather passed away last week.
He was an amazing man and I am honored to have known him so well. He was a second father to me in so many ways.
So my wife and I are back here in my hometown and we decided to get some nice pictures made for the visitation and funeral.
Now my grandfather served in the navy during World War II and my grandmother has a small photo of him in his navy uniform from that time. It's the first photo he ever sent her of him.
My grandmother showed the photo to her mother (my great grandmother) and said "This is the man I'm going to marry".
They were together for 67 years, married for 62.
It's a great photo and my wife had the idea to take it to a photography place to have it scanned and a larger copy printed to display at the funeral home.
Well the photo lab somehow managed to lose the picture.
My grandmother was DEVASTATED. Having lost her husband last week, she had now lost a photograph which meant so much her and that she'd kept near and dear for nearly 70 years.
I went racing back to the lab and they looked everywhere for it but it was nowhere to be found. I requested and received several free reprints of the image to make up for the error. The reprints were nice, but they were no replacement for the original my grandmother treasured so much.
I prayed that somehow the picture would turn up again but was prepared for the worst. We knew that with each day that passed, the odds of recovering it went down.
The visitation was this afternoon and when we came home tonight there was a voicemail from the photo lab: They found the picture!
I have seldom seen a look of jubilation as I saw on my grandmother when she listened to that message. My wife immediately went back to the lab and retrieved it for her.
I said to her afterwards: "I wonder if grandpa pulled some strings up there to make sure you got it back."
It's been a very long few days and the actual funeral ceremony is tomorrow. My grandmother has been through a lot lately, but at least she got a lovely blessing by getting that picture back.
Here it is by the way:
<~~me right now. Your grandfather looks like he was a total charmer.
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