I wish that I had saved my mother’s letters to me, but now I have these letters that tell me things about my own mother that I never knew. I see advice and empathy for what is happening around them. I see two women of a similar generation discussing their physical ailments, saying more to each other than they ever would to us. To see her handwriting alone is a treasure. To read the letters written by my mother to my husband’s mother is a gift. I also learned that he was sad when he beat his best friend in the spelling bee.
I learned that our firstborn had scored more soccer goals and done better at field days than I remember. We can compare their early heights and weights with their own children’s because those details are all documented in the letters. I began transcribing all these details for my children and now they have details of conversations they had when they were small. Our daughter used to run and kiss the framed photo of her grandparents when she was 18 months old now her own little daughter does the same thing! In fact, we had to laminate a photo for her because she wanted to carry it around the house. When I experienced the birth of our first child, I was sure that I would remember every detail of his life, but I had forgotten many endearing moments in each of my children’s lives. I read of our early married life, our struggle to have children and, especially, the progress of our three children from birth to adulthood. My handwriting was good when I wrote regularly! It is certainly messier now. Equally important, she kept all the letters that my mother had written to her over the years.ĭuring the pandemic, I’ve had time to go through these letters. The letters were all put back into the envelopes as well, so we have a record of our various residences in Ontario. After she died, my husband and his sister were going through the contents of her house when they discovered, neatly filed and stacked in shoeboxes behind the furnace, every letter that we had written her during our 46-year marriage. Available with Registered Mail service to certain countries.My mother-in-law left us an unexpected and priceless gift.
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