Not be taken away from me again....

~ 14/5/2013 ~

"Thanks. Didn't we look good in this photo?", an old lady said excitedly to me when I gave her a photo of us which was taken some time ago. She looked at it appreciatively. Then she started to take out some photos from her handbag to show me. There were photos of her when she was young. Photos of her children when they were young and when they got married. And also photos of her granddaughter now. All the photos are kept in plastic transparent holders and wrapped in plastic bags. 

I was surprised at why she was carrying all these photos in her bag with her all the time. Normally, we keep these at home in photo albums or in our notebook if digital.  Then suddenly it dawned on me. This lady has survived a terrible tsunami that has swept almost everything from her house. Almost all her precious belongings together with the precious memories that came with it were gone in a split of a second. She must have suffered such terrible losses. 

And who knows, another tsunami may strike again. She may need to run for her life again...and this time, she just wants to make sure all things precious to her are with her, that they would not be taken away from her again....