Mother

Celtic Chameleon
4 min readApr 16, 2024
colour photos were becoming common in 1971, but the cameras were far more expensive — me on the left, mum holding Jack, Allan on her right, at the seaside, maybe Anstruther, Rothesay or Millport, property of author

“It hurt something deep inside to hold her, limp and so terribly small. A lot has happened in the 17 years since I brought her home. So much loss. She was the last link to a part of my past that I never got to share with you.”

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