Aren't they lovely?
There's a lot of memories in this box of vintage cards. I came across them when we were clearing out my husband's mother's house after she passed away. I could not bear the thought that these beautiful cards would get tossed, so I brought them home with a specific goal in mind.
For the cards that were signed by family members, for instance Margie's sister Ida (who is also deceased), I made memory book pages for members of Ida's family that included pictures of Ida and Margie's parents and other memorbilia that I found. This way the memories (including the person's handwriting) will last for at least another generation.
I know. It is sentimental and nostalgic, and sometimes sad, but all-in-all I believe that reviewing memories is an important part of keeping family ties from un-raveling during stressful times. This picture is of Jim's brother John, his daughter Darcy and Jim's aunt Esther looking through photo albums at Margie's kitchen counter.Each winter I dedicate myself to getting family photos off of my computer and into photo albums and memory books. So far I am not all that successful, even though I have a wonderful photo printer and plenty of albums and scrapbooks. Do you have the same issue? Today is as good as any to choose file and print it out, yes?
Marcheta *walking down Memory Lane
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