A throwback to one of my favorite photos ever taken.
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Also one of my favorite moments from the past 20 years.
My grandma passed away four years ago at the age of 98. Two years before that I started to get the very strong feeling that I needed to go see her. Growing up, we she lived with us on and off, but then she moved to the Philippines permanently when I was 20, so it had been a while.
That summer, which was the same time Deanna and I got engaged, we made the trip over to the Philippines to pay her a visit. We celebrated her 96th birthday, which is still the record for the oldest person’s party I’ve been able to attend.
It ended up being the last time I got to see her, but it felt like a fitting way to see her one last time.
I’m pretty eager to travel again whenever it’s safe to do so. I have a long list of places I haven’t been to get to! But also- I have a similarly long list of people I can’t wait to see again and this trip taught me that you can’t take those opportunities for granted.
When Dee Met Lola