Why would a rock... (MMM Celebrate Life page)

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Why would a rock... (MMM Celebrate Life page)

Here is my celebrate life entry for the 06 MMM contest. Photos are of myself at age 8 and my sons at ages 4 and 7 on the same rock, many years apart.<p>journaling reads: ……. . . remind me of the joys in life? A rock that I sat on when I was seven in 1978 and the same rock my sons sat on in the summer of 2006. It represents stability. I love that my sons can experience the joys that I experienced, even something as simple as sitting on a rock near their grandparents cabin. I love to see them enjoy what I have enjoyed. It feels good. It reminds me of the past. I had a really nice childhood. Nothing too fancy, but always loving and warm and safe. I got to spend every summer in a wonderful place called Lake Almanor. I swam at the beach, played at the park, watched by mom play tennis, and climbed on this rock. I spent a lot of time there thinking and watching the deer and the cars go by. I took my boys to the rock to see if they could experience it too. But things have changed of course. A house has been built on the property, the trees are thinned and the deer are more rare. But the rock still remains. Even the stump I used to climb onto the rock remains, even though it is partially crumbled and eaten by bugs. So I let my boys sit there and watch the world go by for awhile. Hopefully some day their children will come and sit on the rock and my boys will be reminded by their own childhood. I hope they will remember it as loving and warm and safe as well.