It seemed only fair that, having shown my grandmother in her later years(albeit next to Cary Grant), I share a photo taken twenty years earlier. I never knew my grandmother then, but only met her when she was in her early 70’s. She hadn’t aged particularly well. But finding this photo among the papers I recently unearthed I finally understood that this is undoubtedly how she saw herself.
Don’t many of us carry an image of ourselves from a much earlier age? Aren’t many of us a little startled to see the actual face looking back at us from the mirror some mornings?
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She was beautiful. It is nice to hold an image you like of yourself.
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I was glad to have found it.
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I can see why.
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I don’t know who that imposter is who keeps staring at me!
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I wonder the same most mornings.
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She’d be happy to know you posted her photo for all the world to see! 🙂
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Good point. She really would.
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When squint into my poorly lit bathroom mirror I am 40 all over again for fleeting moment >
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I need the bathroom light off!
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A nice find 🙂
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What a beautiful photo Elizabeth!
I still feel 25 inside until I see my aged mother in the mirror looking back at me! When did that happen!!! Lol!
Blessings,
Jennifer
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I see my dad sometimes. Very disconcerting.
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Beautiful woman ..it’s not so much the image in the morning but when you accidentally see yourself in a mirror while shopping thinking who is that woman 😄
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I know exactly what you mean. I had that happen to me thinking I was about to bump into someone before realizing it was me.
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What a lovely photo of your grandma. She is beautiful.
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I agree. I never knew her like this, so I was glad to see the photo.
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I remember the first time I looked into a mirror as a child, thinking, ‘That isn’t me.’
I have a sumilar reaction these days every time I look at a photo.
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I have the same reaction.
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I stopped at 27.
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A reasonable age. I think I am about 34.
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I rarely look at myself in a mirror now, other than the short time it takes to shave every day.
Tha’s long enough, to be staring at a stranger.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I feel like she is a stranger too.
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Yes. I don’t really look like the face in the mirror. How wonderful to find these photos.
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As you can imagine I no longer look like my 3 year old self on my home page of the blog!
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Haha! And I no longer look like my 35 year old self… or my 55 year old self… and on and on. 😀
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I do look a little like my 60 year old self!
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😀
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Stunning! Do you know, did she want to be an actress then?
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Yes. She had been acting since she was a child in Paris.
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What an incredible story!
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For sure. It is fun learning more of it.
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I think that aging is very hard, Elizabeth, especially if you have been really good looking like your grandmother. Look how the movie stars spend so much money on trying to stop the march of time.
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Excellent point!
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She was very attractive. And you’re right: I find it hard to believe (or accept) that the woman in the mirror or recent photograph is me !
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It helped me to see her as she no doubt saw herself.
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