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image from poetess' personal scrapbook

me with older brother, Dave Etgen, Christmas 1957, Springfield, Missouri

FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS

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family 
photographs
are
windows
into
times passed
sweet
as well as
bittersweet

12th gradefamilymonoku

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Line Gauthier

September 20, 2025 at 5:55 AM

Great photo, poem and time capsule.

sara Etgen-Baker

September 20, 2025 at 6:17 AM

thank you kindly, Line

Joseph P. DiMino

September 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM

Pictures can restore memories, that would otherwise be forgotten. Seems like a living family.

sara Etgen-Baker

September 20, 2025 at 6:17 AM

awww, thank you for your visit and for your kind words, Joe...wishing you a blessed day

Dr. Vandana Sharma

September 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM

Nostalgic!!!!

sara Etgen-Baker

September 20, 2025 at 6:17 AM

thank you

Victor Buhagiar

September 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM

I agree. Life has its ups and downs. At the moment I'm in a foul mood.

sara Etgen-Baker

September 20, 2025 at 6:18 AM

thanks for your visit, Victor...sorry to hear you're in a foul state...sending you poetry hugs and blessings

Mystic Rose Rose

September 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM

so true Sara, our lives inside are like a reel, we can re watch at any given time, beautiful memory :)

sara Etgen-Baker

September 20, 2025 at 6:19 AM

likie your comparison, dear Rose...and we can watch our memories whenever we want...thank you, hugs, Sara

Deb M

September 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM

Oh how true Sara and they unlock the big ole tear ( crying) section in the heart! Lovely words! Debx

sara Etgen-Baker

September 20, 2025 at 6:20 AM

thanks for visiting, Deb, and for your mindful words...yep, 'crying section of the heart'...well said, hugs, Sara

Paige Hind

September 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM

So sweet, love the picture, too- "sweet as well as bittersweet"

sara Etgen-Baker

September 20, 2025 at 6:18 AM

thank you, sweet Paige...appreciate your kind words, hugs, Sara

Danny Derden

September 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM

You’ve distilled nostalgia into a delicate frame—each word a pane of memory. This poem gently honors the layered emotions of family history. Beautifully minimal, yet emotionally expansive. Keep writing like this; your voice is quietly powerful.

sara Etgen-Baker

September 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM

awww, thank you, Danny, for your soft words of encouragement about this poem and my voice...your insights and words mean a great deal to me...wishing you a splendid evening, Sara

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