There is much to be both hidden and discovered in the shadows of black and white... A lovely but bittersweet piece of writing...

Myrna

A long ago sad story, of young folks, love, pain and loss. Thanks for sharing, Fee

Your words took us through your time in life Felix.
Thank you for sharing.

Love ya face Cuz XOXOXO, Rose

Very good, touching.

Very sad Fee. You impacted me with a sense of longing also. Well done, Hugs, J'ia

This really has an emotive impact on the reader Fee.

I had a Ford Falcon..it didn't look like that pic though...
awesome little car...just as your awesome poem pulls memories for you...it pulls memories for me too...did the Father of the baby get to know his little girl who had that piece of his heart??
Love & Blessings
Vickie

Felix, very capturing and sentimental. In one minute your whole life played like a movie in my mind. I felt like I wanted to hug you and comfort you ... :)
Love, Ankin

This is really heartfelt-sad, but happy too.

Memmories are like that. Both good and bad. Heartfelt write. LadyJ

ps. I've owned three 1960 ford falcons, and a 60 something falcon with a toreno body in my day so they are real familar to me. By the time they were in the 70's you had to always put plywood on the back floor boards to keep the kids feet from falling through.

Very good Felix. Kind of makes me remember some of my own memories.

Awesome, Darlin. I think this is one of your very, VERY bests. It wrings the gut with such sudden-felt emotion that is as objective as it is sharply stabbing. There is always so much deep and yet unselfconscious, un-self-aware sincerity in your nostalgic cameos; there is never any sense of wallowing in self-pity - just telling it like it is. And that's what's so moving and engages the reader completely. Your juxtaposition of the young-ness of the years, the pram-faced adulthood entered into with marriage and babies (to which I can heartily relate) and the very sobering world of The Law makes for gripping reading. Just so hard how these things pan out, when the individuals involved are often still reeling from the actual events and don't for themselves want life to be so hard-edged and final. You've really captured me with the whirlwind experiences you speak of here... as you say, trigged all in one moment from that innocent old snapshot. Love this one, Pops. xx

'Just a black and white snap shot', but oh so much more is bottled between this 4x6 print and thoughts that take one back in time...great write Fee
Hugs,
Chrissie

I love looking through old pics, be they mine or someone elses...thanks for stopping by and saying hello on my most recent...ed

Note: The first car I ever drove and the car I also took my driver's test on was a '64 Ford Falcon just like the one in the picture. I loved that car and still have a 1/32 replica of it sitting on my bookcase.

Your poetry is a great snapshot.

Fee,
Heartfelt write, my friend. Love the pic and yes, old pictures can flood back memories, some good, some bad. Enjoyed this peek into your past.

Blessings and huggs,
~Linda

Great pic, Fee, and a wonderful story for it! Brings back memories of days long ago. Nice job.

Anna

nostagia brings smiles and sadness- i love this and love the power of the photo and the write

Wonderful photo and write, Fee; feeling nostalgic, aren't we? Me, too! Well done; bravo!

(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Tx., Karen Lynn. :)

It is amazing how those old photos can whisk us - right there.

I love your descriptions of the picture - tattered, but still triggering memories. Hugs,
Sheila

Ghosts of the past / They pop up, or live constantly with us / Ghosts of the past / Our salvation or or bane . . .

Such beautiful times and memories Fee.

Beautiful remiscence of better times ... well done, Fee.

(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.

Mementos that cannot be taken away, they are yours and only yours, glued on a yellowing old page left behind but, that's yours, only yours.

Georg