I Heart Faces - "Hands"

I am not entering this image because of it's technical quality, but for it's sentimental one. These beautiful and wise hands belong to my 93 year old grandma Cora Lee. In this world there isn't a kinder, wiser, more beautiful woman. Though her hands have toiled picking cotton in the fields of the south and breaking switches for teaching her 5 children, they are still the embodiment of kindness and tenderness. These hands could make any baby stop crying simply with one soft touch. These are the hands of my hero.
I am not able to see my grandma as often as I would like because she lives in Tennessee, but when my daughter was a baby, I had to make a trip so my grandma could meet her. I admire my grandma more than words can ever say, and I have always loved her hands. While I was there, I wanted to capture all her years of experience and wisdom she carries in her hands. She and I have a very special tradition of playing "Mary Mack" each time we see each other. Even now that I am 30, I still sit on her lap and we playfully pat our hands to this little song. The result is laughter and nostalgia that I hope my children will someday have.

So to me, this is one of the most precious memories I could ever ask to have recorded. A "passing" if you will of the importance of my grandma, the life in her hands, and it passing to my daughter.

Come visit I Heart Faces to see all this weeks entries on "hands". Guest judge is the dynamic Becky Earl !!!