My Mother's Camera

I inherited my mother's new digital camera. It took a few months for me to look at it, and when I did, I discovered the last pictures she had taken before she died. Most of the photos were experiments, as she tried to get the focus and figure out all of the tricks. Lots of photos of grandchildren and her dog.

I think she must have known she was going to die, because before she went into surgery, she flew to Manitoba to see her mother. She and my grandmother went to visit the town where my mother grew-up. When I looked at the camera's memory card, I found dozens of bird photos!

I realized then that we had more in common than I had thought.