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Jul. 28, 2007

Love Letters - Part I

Posted in Family History


Holding Hands, from Stockxpert

 

When my parents were here this weekend, my mom brought me a box of family history stuff.  In one small wooden box were a pile of letters written by my grandfather to my grandmother.  I have been enjoying the read.  The following joke was written in one of the letters:

 

A young teenage couple were holding hands as they approached the church building.  As they began to mount the steps, the girl smartly pulled her hand away.  The boy complained and asked why.  The girl sharply replied: "Because it isn't Palm Sunday."  Upset, he muttered back: "Well, its not Independence Day either!"

 

From Proverbs 6:

 

My son, keep your father's commands
       and do not forsake your mother's teaching.

Bind them upon your heart forever;
       fasten them around your neck.

When you walk, they will guide you;
       when you sleep, they will watch over you;
       when you awake, they will speak to you.

 For these commands are a lamp,
       this teaching is a light,
       and the corrections of discipline
       are the way to life,

 keeping you from the immoral woman,
       from the smooth tongue of the wayward wife.

 

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Jul. 28, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by rvnurse2b
Adorable!
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Jul. 28, 2007 - Great Post

Posted by Fletch@themangotimes.com
Great looking post...as always...and a potentially wonderful theme. I look forward to reading over your shoulder at all of these letters...
Fletch
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Jul. 28, 2007 - Leafs-dropping (sort of like eaves-dropping, but with paper?)

Posted by Ebenim
My grandmother kept a lot of their first year's worth of correspondence, then it starts to get a little sparse. Those that are missing are some of the letters I would like to read, as well as the letters from grandma, which are not here at all. These first letters are pretty full of high-school angst and yearning.

The first letter is dated June 14, 1930. More than a year later, my grandfather is lamenting that she has yet to say "I love you" when he has been saying it and writing it for many months...I told Aelsa that she was a wise young lady...

The last letter I have before he goes off to war is dated August 1, 1942 (thats more than 12 YEARS later!) -- he's writing about "it not being too late to get married" and that they "might have more time together than they think". He does go off to war soon after, and some of those letters will be another post all together.
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Jul. 29, 2007 - Amazing

Posted by JR
Tangible items of the past can have such a huge impact on our lives. I love it. It saddens me and warms my heart at the same time. I'm glad we're able to reconnect. Keep stopping by!
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