“if you’ve not been loved as a child, you don’t know how to love a child”
― jane gardam, old filth
(laeken cemetery, brussel)
i wasn’t
(or, didn’t feel so)
but,
i do
that’s (extra)ordinary
and, worth
telling?
(for DP weekly photo challenge – (extra)ordinary and lucile’s photo 101 rehab)
*shot with nikon d700 and nikkor 16-35mm f/4 lens at ISO280, 35mm, 1/125s and f/4 and edited in lightroom cc and analog efex pro 2, rehab under way (again)*
andy townend 
It’s so beautiful, Andy, that brought tears to my eyes. It is worth telling and thanks for sharing it with us.
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There is a time for all things, and I had a tear in my eye when I wrote this, and hope, rekindled.
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I hope so too!
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Hope never dies, not when one’s child is the focus, never.
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Quite extraordinary, in word and photo and most of all in the deed of loving
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Thank you Stephanie!
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Beautiful photograph and poem. I can identify.
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Thank you Susan!
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Very moving, indeed, Andy–how beautiful, that you defied the quote and some studies on the sad topic.
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Thank you, we can only try. Even if we fail, at least we tried
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Yes.
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Andy, the words and photo are heart-breakingly lovely. One of my favorites of your many wonderful photos.
janet
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Thank you Janet, means a lot to me…
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I think some of life lessons can be learned by negative example. Being left out, can make one empathetic in extra-ordinary ways when it comes to sharing love.
And that by example is proven by my own children and grandchildren. So perhaps Jane Gardam had a different experience.
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I think we all have our different experiences, for me having empathy for the pain of others is part of what makes us human…
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So beautiful ❤ Your have woven the words with the pic amazingly !
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Thank you Andy
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