Among my family heirlooms is this ledger, which is basically a handwritten genealogy database.
Long before there was a Family Tree Maker or an Ancestry, my great grandpa used this to track his history.
Month: February 2024
I Like Old Stuff: Our Weird Closet
We have four closets in our 1920s condo. Two are normal, and two are weird. This is one of the weird ones.
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Wayback Wednesday: Elise, Nancy, and Sarah
On Wednesdays we go way back. This week’s photo is my mom Nancy (the baby), between her mother Elise (left) and her grandmother Sarah (right).
I love unposed moments like this, when people were just being themselves. But I also can’t see it without some poignancy.
I know what they can’t: That Nancy would adore her grandmother, but struggle with her own mother, all their lives. She was caught between them here, and would be often as she grew up.
Sarah and Elise were actually stepmother/stepdaughter, and their own relationship was frosty.
There’s a lot of frustration in this photo. There’s a lot about love, mothering, disappointment, failure, and the ways we keep trying.
Graveyard Snoop 