Every decision we make today should take into consideration seven generations of people ahead of us, writes Catherine Cleary
Catherine Cleary with her great-grandmother Agnes. 'I love this photograph, evidence of the hand that once held mine'The small girl in the white tights is unsmiling. She is not the focus of the day. Her older brother in his brass-buttoned communion suit is the star. They are sitting on a low wall in a garden with their great-grandparents. The older woman’s face is creased with smile lines, etched with kindness. Her hair is snow white.
That grumpy five-year-old was me, and Agnes was my great-grandmother. My hands are veined like hers now, even though I’ve a few more decades before reaching the age she was then. I love this photograph, evidence of the hand that once held mine, a connection to a wonderful woman born in the 19th century who lived a street away from where we live now. Agnes had a pear tree which she willed unsuccessfully into fruiting every year, her granddaughter once told me.
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