My
Grandparents had a long marriage over 60 years. They were both in
their 90s when they passed away. There must have been difficult times
in their marriage, but I never saw any sign of it. My father said he
could never remember them having a cross word with each other. They
worked as a team and supported each other in their roles. Maybe they
sorted out their roles early in their marriage. I do know that there
was clearly marked areas of responsibility and that they honoured
each other's roles. Nana was very loyal to her husband and would
never tolerate a bad word said against him (he could be a bit strict
towards his children even when they were grown!).
I
think the answer was their love for God and their love for family. I
know that if there was a problem in their children's or grandchildren
lives they would come running. I have so many memories of their love
for me, my brothers and sister and cousins. Somehow Nana managed to
show each one of us her special love for us, even when there were up
to 30 people in her home at Xmas, she still managed to each and every
one of us a blessing. So, if she managed to do that for us, just
think of the love she must have showed Granddad. A real role model
for all of us. I definitely believe that Alice managed to fulfill the
Proverbs 31:12 verse of loving supporting, encouraging her husband
all the days of her life.
For
the artwork, I used photos of wood, leather, a vase and an oil
painting and put them together on Photoshop with a lot of tweaking..
The oil painting is not my usual style, I wanted a soft look that was
fuzzy and warm! It was actually good to paint in a looser manner, I
think I got more expression in it, than if I used my normal tighter
style. Think I will do more work like this.
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