And so, back to Minneapolis

[sartorias]

Yesterday afternoon my 98-year-old great-aunt stood in the old farmhouse where she'd been a child, her careful feet on the break between the newer part of the house and the old. Gazing down at the scrubbed floorboards covered with a modern rug, she said, "My father lay right there in his casket. I was five years old, and I had no idea what was

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[asakiyume]

Oh wow. What an amazing treasure. If it has even some of the sorts of details *you* include in this, your own thoughts on past and present and the house and the memories, it will be wonderful.

So many indomitable women, pushing forward even when they were being told no and held back and down.

[sartorias]

I might include a passage or two, if there is any interest. It's detailed, vivid, and reflective. A real treasure.

[asakiyume]

I will *love* it if you do.

[sartorias]

Thanks!

[mnfaure]

I second this!!!