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I was cleaning up my iPad and found these gems. My grandpa Lee (the handsome man in the top squares), his sisters and some friends when they were teenagers in the 1930s. The girl next to my grandpa is NOT my grandma, but was IN LOVE with my grandpa. Can you blame her? My Mom […]

This was the first and last family portrait taken of my Mother’s family. Pictured in the photo are (left to right) my grandfather (Gun Noh Kim), uncle (Nanichi Goto), grandmother (Hee Soon Park), and two little girls: aunt, Kyung Hee Kim and my mother, Young Hee Kim. This was a tumultuous time for South Korea […]

My brother and me in West Java, circa 1975. One of the joys of having had a Dad in the foreign service is finding random photos of yourself in cool places. My brother and I had a hard time keeping friendships because we moved around so much, but there’s something so amazing about the bond […]

This is one of my most prized photographs. My grandmother Virginia Benton O’Brien and my grandfather William A. O’Brien. My mother is with them in the stroller, and my Aunt Peggy and Uncle Bill are walking alongside. My grandfather was a physician and professor at the University of Minnesota. My grandmother was hired to care […]

This photo of my grandmother, Mary Ella, was taken in Korea during her service in the Korean War as a librarian. She came home fluent in Korean, with life long gal pals, well-traveled AND pregnant with my uncle. I have an entire album with pictures and hand-written notes describing her adventurous and passionate traveling experiences. […]

I miss these faces every day. My Great Grandparents posed for this picture in the early 1950’s during a family picnic at Franklin Park in Columbus, OH. He was a country boy. She was a city girl from a prestigious family. Despite her father’s disapproval, they married and spent over 67 years together. I can’t […]

Old family photos tell tales of service and sacrifice. On Veteran’s Day, we honor loved ones who served their family and their country. My wife’s grandfather served in the Vietnam war during the 1960s. He was in the Navy fighting overseas while his wife was here in the states raising their first child. His name […]

“My father used to say that stories are the most precious heritage of mankind.” -Tahir Shah My Granny Lauretta Barron as a bridesmaid in 1964. (She’s on the far left.) The other lovely bridesmaids are my great aunts. The wedding was in Hot Springs, Arkansas in 1964. Check out those cat eye glasses! ~shared by […]

If I had one wish it would be to spend the day with my grandma on the day she had these portraits taken in 1945. I think sometimes we forget that our elders were young once, so I am thankful I have these to remind me. Luckily she is only a couple miles away, so […]