I was looking through old pictures and this picture just grabbed my attention. I am the little girl on the right. The picture was taken Christmas 1976.
What a flashback! I had forgotten that my granddaddy loved peanuts. Sometimes he had bowls of peanuts sitting out. I had forgotten all about snacking on peanuts at my grandparents' house.
I don't have an explanation to why my granddaddy is holding out a bag of peanuts in this picture. I will tell you that it makes my skin crawl to look at it. After all, in my house, that's a bag of poison. My son has a life-threatening peanut allergy. It is hard for me to look at the picture and not focus on the peanuts. It's just like I glare at the bags of peanuts in the grocery store. Isn't perspective interesting? Let me go back, I don't know if I really glare at the peanuts (honestly, saying that just reflects how I feel). They catch my eye each and everytime I think, "I cannot believe those could kill my son."
6 comments:
I swear, that kid on the right is Thomas with long hair, in a dress!
I love looking at pictures when I was that age!!! Technology has come a long way, too! LOL
If it was me, I'd be glaring at the peanuts too!
So true...it is amazing how our views of things change as circumstances change. We have nut allergies too.
Great old photo. I am right there with you on the feeling I get when I see peanuts. Smelling them, is worse for me.
I totally understand.
Sorry I have been MIA. What a great picture, I think I had that same dress when I was little! We have not nut allergies, but MiMi's clan over at He & Me + 3 lives with it daily. I have had students with the allergy though, but I can't imagine having to live with it daily. Stay safe!
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