Gifts from the past...

I received some precious gifts from the past today. Muriel Chislett (Hulan) brought up two letters and two Christmas cards. Both letters were written in 1931 to my Aunt Rene who was married to my Uncle Frank. One letter was written by my grandmother Jane Swyer and the other by my Aunt Susan Pennell.

The Christmas cards, also to my Aunt Rene were from my paternal and maternal grandparents. One has a picture of my Uncle John as a small child of about three.

























My grandmother Jane, who we knew as Nana, wrote Aunt Rene to let her know that she an my mother were taking care of Uncle Frank's grave. He had but recently been drowned at sea, along with his brother Herbert. My mother would have been almost 15 at the time the letter was written.

These are the ties that bind people across the generations.