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I had a shock today as I found a picture of my grandmother who died ,just months before insulin was invented for diabetes, she got it from the shock when she saw a munitions factory nearby blow up high into the sky with all her friends and workmates in it ( WW1 ), so well before I was born.
I also found my grandfather and a picture of my aunt as a really young girl about six years old and my father and two uncles . I still haven't got over it even though it was hours ago my stomach is all weird . I left home at 15 y.o because my family were so awful but seeing my father as a little boy is excruciatingly, some feeling I haven't got a word for.

jacpod 8 Sep 20
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You are aching for the what might have beens. It's a tough place. I wish you peace.

Thank you wise HippieChick!

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Old pictures often have tales that go with them. Future generations may never have the opportunity to know these things, with everything being digital and on different formats. The days of finding a box of old pictures may be over. I found pictures of my parents when they were much younger, before they were married and had me. Some of when they were just children. It is kind of shocking, you don't think of them that way, they were always adults from the time you first met. You are lucky to have been able to see them in ways you never did before.

thank you yes I do feel lucky now the shock is over

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I did not know diabetes could be brought on by shock. I think it's wonderful you found these old photos, I hope they will become treasured possessions after the discomfort wears off.

thank you! feeling better already! I did recognise my father and uncles but it was the grandmother that undid me because she looked so kind I felt i had missed her and so sad she missed the insulin discovery

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