[lodwick]

It takes the perspective of time, and getting outta the rat race before most of us have the leisure to enjoy exploring our past and getting to know those who came before us.

Save'em - don't chunk'em.

[andysandmikesmom]

Thats excellent advice, Loddy....time often changes our interests, and sometimes the rat race does keep us from really having the time to enjoy more leisurely things...

Andy has two absolute favorite old pics, that we finally parted with, gave to him, simply because he got such a kick out of them...

The first is a close up pic taken of Doms grandmother, when she got off the boat at Ellis Island...the look of fear, and apprehension are evident in that pic...after all, she left all her family behind in Sicily, ,and was traveling with her firstborn child, a little girl...altho she was looking forward to living in American, still she must have missed her family back home, and was leary of awaited her in her new country...that picture of her, truly reflects that...

The second pic of a pic of Doms grandfather, and the grandfathers brother, back in Sicily, before they came to America...they are young gents, all duded up in suits of that time frame...When Andy first looked at that pic, all he could say, was that those two men, looked like 'Mafia' members for sure...and they do look like one would imagine 'Mafia' guys from the 1920s and 1930s would have looked like...