A day for looking forward and back

Today we took a very long road trip, with lots of detours, to attend a memorial gathering for the mother of dear friend S, whom I've known for 30 years.  Her daughter C has been the best friend of my niece A since they were three years old.  S's mother, who was 90 when she died, was a sweet and generous woman whom I liked a great deal.  When she was younger, she ran a daycare, and both mothers and grown-up kids came today to honor her.  With several generations in attendance, I thought I'd blip this photo of S with her granddaughter H, who is just 7 months old. C was there with her son E, but he is just 10 weeks old and slept through the whole thing.