The Gallery - body parts

The slightly contraversial theme at Sticky Finger's The Gallery this week is body parts.  I have a feeling it will be an emotional rollercoaster this week...

There is something about seeing these hands I find so moving. So wise, they touched so much, held so much, helped so much, soothed so much.  Made so many flowers grow, baked so many cakes, prepared so many miners' dinners as manager of the colliery canteen.

They are my grandmother's hands.   She lived long enough to meet my first child and that was a gift. For me this picture has always symbolised that gift.