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“I thought, ‘Oh wow, that looks like my mum’s backyard, but that couldn’t be ours’,” Klaric recalled. “I looked closer and said, my god, this is my bride.”
Once Klaric processed what was in front of him, he messaged his wife, opting not to give too much away and surprise her once he arrived home.
Leonie, who was busy working as a support counsellor for Lifeline, initially shooed her husband away. Once she had a moment to inspect the picture, she, too, couldn’t believe her eyes.
“She kept looking at the frames and thought it was a joke,” Klaric said. “We’re both pretty thrilled that we’ve been reunited with them.”
The pictures now hang in their Mosman home, representing memories that were once hazy but now will never be forgotten.
“It’s my mum’s birthplace, my grandparents were born there, and all the stories that come from that backyard, it’s just an iconic photo for all the reasons that only a family would know,” Klaric said.
“I’d have to think my mum had a hand in this too, looking down from heaven.”
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