Mom’s Address Book

I set mom's address/phone book aside about two months ago when we first started cleaning out our parents home of 60 years. She had always kept her cookbooks, hotpads, and address book in a drawer under her wall oven in the kitchen which was in close proximity to their wall phone and kitchen table. That's …

Keep, Toss, Donate, Pass On?

While going through my home office closet, I rediscovered my maternal grandmother's (Loretta Alice Lathrop Ford) suitcase that literally fell apart in my hands.  Years ago I had removed the small pictures and stored them in one of my photo boxes with her name on it.  But, left inside this dilapidated suitcase were still  two …