For our final choose-your-own-theme Sepia Saturday under the 342 prompt, I’m selecting this photo to coincide with what would’ve been their anniversary this past week. In this photo are pictured Romayne Louella Greenaway and Leon Joseph Kitko in a photo taken around their wedding date which was 24 August 1963. This was Leon’s second marriage, so while Romayne wasn’t a biological grandma, she was married to Leon long before I was born and she had always been my grandma. I found these photos in a trunk of old photos at their house after they both passed away. From the photographer’s stamp, these were probably proofs, and I know there’s a larger photo that was hand colored in the house. There’s something about this one that I love though – that stifled laugh on Leon’s face is one I remember seeing multiple times and makes me smile even just seeing the photo here now. Short and sweet this week, and even though Romayne and Leon have both passed away, I’m glad to have this great photo to remember them by.
There really is something about that photograph that makes you think they were very much in love. I don’t know why I feel that way about it – there’s just something there. Perhaps it’s your grandfather’s stifled smile? He looks very pleased with himself, and she looks like her dreams have just been answered.
He does look quite satisfied with himself.