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This shell will always have a special place on our bookshelves.
It’s a memento from my Dad’s Basic Training days at Parris Island.
He wrote the date on the shell. I can see him walking the shoreline of Port Royal Sound and finding this treasure as he contemplated his next steps into WWII.
I’ve been wanting to preserve the shell as a journal sketch for the longest time. I can’t think of a better day… a more special day than today… to honor it forever 🙂
Beautiful and so touching. That shell is a real treasure.
Beautiful and so touching. That shell is a real treasure.
Thanks, Elizabeth!
Thanks, Elizabeth!
🙂 Wonderful!
Thanks, Kelly Glad my sentiments ring out 🙂
Thanks, Kelly Glad my sentiments ring out 🙂
…wow, Pam! 11-11-11 is the perfect day to memorialize it. Such a beautiful page too. It's just perfect…I can tell it has special meaning to you.
…wow, Pam! 11-11-11 is the perfect day to memorialize it. Such a beautiful page too. It's just perfect…I can tell it has special meaning to you.
Thank you, Ann!
Thank you, Ann!
This is a beautiful page and remembrance.
This is a beautiful page and remembrance.
Thanks, Kate! Sadly both my folks are gone. But they were with me today 🙂
Thank you, Rucca!
Thanks, Kate! Sadly both my folks are gone. But they were with me today 🙂
Thank you, Rucca!
Beautiful, Pam…I'm so glad I looked at it larger. Wonderfully lively! Is your dad still with you? I know he'd love seeing this, in any case.
Beautiful, Pam…I'm so glad I looked at it larger. Wonderfully lively! Is your dad still with you? I know he'd love seeing this, in any case.
What a perfect post for today. Beautifully drawn. The remembrance carried into present day is lovely.
What a perfect post for today. Beautifully drawn. The remembrance carried into present day is lovely.
Thank you, Rhonda! It feels so good to finally have sketched this treasure 🙂
Thank you, Rhonda! It feels so good to finally have sketched this treasure 🙂
A simple and beautiful reminder of your father, as a young man, contemplating his future and the future of his family. Thanks for sharing this special token with us in your lovely drawing today.