On this day in 1788 the first European settlers landed in Sydney, Australia. On this day in 1802 Congress passed an act calling for the establishment of a library within the U.S. Capitol. On this day in 1837 Michigan became the 26th state in the United States. On this day in 1950 India, three years after gaining its independence from the United Kingdom, formally became a republic. On this day in 1979 former Vice President Nelson Rockefeller died in New York at age 70. On this day in 1988 Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera opened on Broadway. On this day in 2001 a magnitude 7.7 earthquake rocked the Indian state of Gujarat, killing more than 20,000 people.
On this day in history many things happened; new discoveries were made, inventions were created, babies were born, and people died. And on this day in 2006, while I was away at college, my mom passed away in our home.
Now on this day in 2012, six years later, I would like to spend the day honoring her memory. But I won’t do it by flipping through a photo album. I do not own a single picture of her, nor do I know where one might be found. My family didn’t own a camera growing up, save the occasional disposable. Any pictures of her that we might have had burned-up in our house fire a long time ago. And even though I have no photos to look at on this day, its okay because what’s in my head can bring me more comfort than any photograph ever could.
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