Sorry about the loss of your brother, Mairdie. But how wonderful you still had his letters from 50 years ago.
I’m heartbroken that, when all my grandparents passed, none of their kids saved their letters and mementos. All gone. I would have loved those as first-person memories for my genealogy research on the family.
Thanks for your kind words. 6’ 4 1/2” - a real Big Brother.
https://iment.com/maida/family/brother/photographs/images/Bob-AF-tall-Nana-700.jpg
We lived at opposite ends of the country but were on the phone together every few days.
I’ve been gathering together all the memories of our childhood and all the stories told by my mother and grandparents and sending them to his daughters. I describe the layout of the rooms and furniture, the colors of the walls and try to make them come alive in their minds. They’ve liked it enough that they’re starting to gather their own stories to send to their own kids.
I’m hoping that the net will make it more practical to save stories our families tossed away.
