not too long ago i pulled out some old family albums here at my grandmother's house and looked at pictures from before this house was built and its being built and how my mom's family looked then. since looking at those pictures, ive been able to see that same woman in my grandmother now. sometimes when she talks to me i see the sparkle of that 30-something year old mother/wife. the longer i stay here the better i get to know that part of her, under the grandmother parts. the part that is the same exact person she was then. it makes me wish i could look through family albums of every older person i've known in order to get to know them as they were and still are..regardless of age.