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Subject: [Leica] [OM] Mother's Day This Year
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sat, 09 May 2015 08:13:06 -0500
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Thanks, Nathan.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 5/8/2015 11:41 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> It is not the size of the monument but the depth of the feelings that 
> matter, Jim! Beautiful and poignant.
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> And thanks for referring to my visit to the Copenhagen cemeteries?indeed, 
> I was there when I stopped there on my way home from Riga in April.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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>> On 07 May 2015, at 19:28, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
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>> I have always admired Nathan's faithfulness in visiting the graves of his 
>> parents.  This year, after losing my wife at the end of February, it was 
>> a race against time and the weather to get a marker and flowers in place 
>> by Mother's Day.  Today, with three days to spare, I finished the task.
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Marker+B_amp_W.JPG.html
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>> There is quite a difference in the imposing markers and statuary that 
>> Nathan captures on his visits, and the simple, easy maintenance designs 
>> of a modern, rural cemetery.  But, it is close at hand, and contains a 
>> lot of friends and acquaintances that I recall as I walk about.  And it 
>> is perpetually maintained.  Donna has joined two other family members 
>> whom she loved very much.  And  all the kids have to do when I'm gone is 
>> to add a date plate.
>>
>> -- 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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In reply to: Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] Mother's Day This Year)
Message from nwajsman at gmail.com (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] [OM] Mother's Day This Year)