We had a small family reunion of sorts today when my 103-year-old grandmother's niece came from San Francisco to visit her at the nursing home. My cousin Al decided it would be a good time to bring his mom over from her group home too. So, after many years, an 83-year-old daughter was reunited with her centenarian mother with much of our local family looking on. The first photo shows when grandma (in red at left) first recognized my aunt after 10 minutes of holding hands. Then grandma burst into tears of joy. The hugs and kisses were captured with my DSLR, but these phonecam pictures will trickle a little of the joy into the digital ether.

- mike lee - wheaton, md