I did some work for the Georgia Historical Society. Reading, research, letters...it touches you as a person. After my accident I wrote over twenty letters in three months.Thank you for speaking.
I consider myself to be very blessed to have known my paternal great-grandmother. Although there was a vast age gap between us of approximately 70+ years, we were actually quite close while I was growing up. I have in my possession numerous cards, short notes, and letters written to me by her spanning over six decades until she could no longer write due to arthritis and loss of cognitive abilities. Not only are they a connection to the past by providing genealogical data about my father's side of the family, but I also consider them to be historical documents relating events and information about the times in which she grew up. She was born in 1892 and passed away just eight short months of her one hundredth birthday in 1992. She had also written a diary (of sorts) describing some very personal events that happened in her family. Just imagine the historical events that occurred during her lifetime, not only in our nation but all around the world. Two world wars, the Depression, the advent of radio and television, the first American to land on the moon, and numerous presidencies here in the United States -- just to name a few. To me, those documents are priceless, and I am never going to get rid of them for as long as I live.
This was such a sweet message. 💗 I believe in the beauty of written thoughts and sharing them with others; letters are so much like books. :)
The fascination with letters is tangible and contagious. Great talk.
What a brilliant idea for a book. It's what the world needs now! Go Nina!
Expanding our connections across time and space and through love by writing letters. Beautiful and inspirational!
A most inspirational talk.
Many thanks.
Completely beautiful. So grateful I found your passionate talk. I share these same passions 💓
I did some work for the Georgia Historical Society. Reading, research, letters...it touches you as a person. After my accident I wrote over twenty letters in three months.Thank you for speaking.
I consider myself to be very blessed to have known my paternal great-grandmother. Although there was a vast age gap between us of approximately 70+ years, we were actually quite close while I was growing up. I have in my possession numerous cards, short notes, and letters written to me by her spanning over six decades until she could no longer write due to arthritis and loss of cognitive abilities. Not only are they a connection to the past by providing genealogical data about my father's side of the family, but I also consider them to be historical documents relating events and information about the times in which she grew up. She was born in 1892 and passed away just eight short months of her one hundredth birthday in 1992. She had also written a diary (of sorts) describing some very personal events that happened in her family. Just imagine the historical events that occurred during her lifetime, not only in our nation but all around the world. Two world wars, the Depression, the advent of radio and television, the first American to land on the moon, and numerous presidencies here in the United States -- just to name a few. To me, those documents are priceless, and I am never going to get rid of them for as long as I live.