Comments on: The saddest photo I ever took http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/2009/the-saddest-photo-i-ever-took/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:14:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: john Allsopp http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/2009/the-saddest-photo-i-ever-took/comment-page-1/#comment-618990 john Allsopp Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:14:41 +0000 http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/?p=1873#comment-618990 To any parent, that is a powerful photo - a kick in the guts. Imagine the sadness of writing those words. The memories writing his name one last time would bring back. Of that memorial being all one could give your child. But a more powerful memorial than the grandest tomb. And ironically, when Michael would now be an adult, a kind of resurrection through your photo. I wonder, have you ever been back? To any parent, that is a powerful photo – a kick in the guts. Imagine the sadness of writing those words. The memories writing his name one last time would bring back. Of that memorial being all one could give your child. But a more powerful memorial than the grandest tomb. And ironically, when Michael would now be an adult, a kind of resurrection through your photo.

I wonder, have you ever been back?

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