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Saying Good-bye

8/23/2021

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"Grace and Lawrence sat with their Father, who was not expected to last the night." 
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"Baron was there as well. The King had been like a Father to him.
​And he wanted to be there for his friends" 
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"Grace was heart broken...."
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"Her Father was the only parent she had even known."
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"Her Father took her hand.....
​'You have been the joy of my life' "
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"She leaned in close.."
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'I don't know what I'm going to do without you....'
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"...and she kissed him..."
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'I love you Papa...'
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8 Comments
ResinRapture link
8/23/2021 09:54:06 am

Just for a split second I was afraid you were saying goodbye. What a wonderfully emotional story and pictures. Peaceful and dignified, surrounded by loving friends and family.

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Martha
8/23/2021 11:48:32 am

Sorry for the confusion. It's just that I need a title for each segment, and it seemed very appropriate.

Thank you. I personally love this series of photo - including tomorrow's, and the day after. After we get through this section, we'll be back to more lighthearted stuff.

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ResinRapture
8/24/2021 11:17:51 am

Are they going to have mourning dresses?

Martha
8/24/2021 11:20:09 am

No, because it's not really important to the story being told. I'm just going to skip right to the official coronation.

Donna
8/23/2021 10:58:53 am

Beautiful, emotional, wonderful. My eyes filled with tears as they said their farewells.

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Martha
8/23/2021 11:49:29 am

Thank you. It's wonderful that the photos can evoke such emotion.

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Dorothy
8/23/2021 04:21:06 pm

Like Donna, I was a bit teary eyed.

There is something magical about this story. Well, it's kind of about magic but the story line is so incredible.

At first I saw this as a storybook for grown ups, now I see this as a fairytale on the TV or movie screen. I can "feel" the emotions of the characters. I forget that they are dolls as I am drawn into their story.

I think this story took place hundreds of years ago in some realm of the cosmos and it has come forward now for you to tell it to us. I know you are making it up but it feels so real!

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Martha
8/24/2021 03:49:13 am

Thank you so much.

Like I said many times before, this story seemed to take on a mind of its own, with new scenes to photograph constantly popping into my head. I hoped to capture the emotions of what was going on, and often felt that I had succeeded, at least for myself personally, and I'm glad others are finding it as well.

I did often feel like I was shooting a movie, with many of the scenes totally out of order, to be edited together afterwards into one cohesive story with everything becoming clear by the end. I still have many scenes left to shoot, including a major one for two days hence. I've been struggling with it for weeks, but need to finally get it done in order to proceed - so I don't have to call an 'intermission'.

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