The Hard Drive of My Heart

We've got a rather short term 'tradition' going of me taking a photo of Paige and Josh sometime in the fall for their Christmas card.

Today they came up and we went out to take some shots. The leaves aren't quite up to the usual Indiana standards of brilliant this year because of the drought this summer. And they've been slow to fall which worked well in our schedule. This is the first day we've been able to work this out and I expected a backdrop of sticks this late in the season.

It was a beautiful day. In spite of feeling tired and achy, Kevin enjoyed being outside and walking in different surroundings. He and Josh walked up to the old covered bridge at Adam's Mill then explored around the old mill itself.

I love watching them walk along hand in hand; Kevin's head bent down to hear what Josh is saying, Josh looking up as he imparts his 5 year old wisdom to his grandfather.

We ate lunch was at a local small town diner. Kevin's taste buds are taking a chemotherapy beating these days so things are beginning to taste strange to him. Having lunch in a new place with the distraction of Josh's chatter helped to minimize his awareness of chemo-taste.

I looked through the photo files tonight--Paige and her dad walking and laughing, Josh and his grandfather hand in hand, heads together as they examine a wagon below the mill, Kevin showing Josh how to skip a rock across the creek. One hundred and fifty-seven memories stored on the external hard drive of my computer.

One magic day stored in my heart.