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Date: 09 February 2006 11:45:53
I think I've decided what to do about this one. My grandfather on my dad's side was a professional photographer in the 20s and 30s. Although I never knew him, I know him through his photos. I love the photos of my dad's family which go back to the turn of the 20th century. I've dabbled in photography myself, and love black and whites and just generally old stuff. They're good photos, and I have quite a nice display of them above my piano in the dining room.
Once again, is this a little thing, or a big thing (see entry below)?
You see, I believe that if I were trying to become part of a new family, that I wouldn't want to be confronted with that family history everytime I entered the dining room. But then, how could I know what a child in that position would feel? I'm only supposing and maybe over-worrying, but when it comes down to it, I want to make transitions as easy as possible for Future Child. I don't want to shove my family history down her throat and insist s/he make it hers. After all, if I never really knew my grandfather, how will s/he be able to connect to him? But maybe I'm wrong?
So I think that I've decided to (as difficult as it is for me, that doesn't matter), take the photos down, remove them from their frames and display them nicely in a lovely scrapbook. That way, if child wants to look at them they can ... if they want to. But they won't be bombarded with family history each time they eat breakfast. And I'll still have a nice display in a book.
And besides, the Monet print was bought for the dining room anyway, we just didn't have enough wall space to put it up. Now we will.