Comments on: Finding long-lost memories in a dresser drawer https://notstrictlyspiritual.com/life-lines/finding-long-lost-memories-dresser-drawer/ Discovering the Divine in the Everyday. Tue, 26 Apr 2022 01:25:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Mary DeTurris Poust https://notstrictlyspiritual.com/life-lines/finding-long-lost-memories-dresser-drawer/#comment-4611 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 20:11:15 +0000 https://notstrictlyspiritual.com/?p=3626#comment-4611 In reply to Lori.

You are so blessed to have that collection of letters and cards! Treasure them.

]]> By: Lori https://notstrictlyspiritual.com/life-lines/finding-long-lost-memories-dresser-drawer/#comment-4610 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 19:40:11 +0000 https://notstrictlyspiritual.com/?p=3626#comment-4610 I lived away from home for 15 years (from age 29 to 43) and received many letters, cards and notes from my mother over the years. She never got over the fact that I moved so far away and kept in touch regularly. I saved most of those notes and they are in a box somewhere upstairs in my house. I live again near my family and I am blessed to still have both my parents. My thought has always been that I will take the time to sort and read all those papers when they are both gone. When I need to again feel that connection, I know that I’ll have a way to “hear” her voice again and keep that part of her alive in my heart.

]]> By: Mary DeTurris Poust https://notstrictlyspiritual.com/life-lines/finding-long-lost-memories-dresser-drawer/#comment-4609 Wed, 12 Mar 2014 16:27:26 +0000 https://notstrictlyspiritual.com/?p=3626#comment-4609 In reply to Rayna.

I was so happy to read your comment! Thank you for taking the time to write. And good luck with your family memory makers!
Peace,
Mary

]]> By: Rayna https://notstrictlyspiritual.com/life-lines/finding-long-lost-memories-dresser-drawer/#comment-4608 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 15:04:22 +0000 https://notstrictlyspiritual.com/?p=3626#comment-4608 I finally sat down with my CNY newspaper today, and I want to tell you how much I enjoyed your essay (so much, that I went in search of your blog!). You’ve motivated me to do SOMETHING for my three children (still young – almost eight, almost five, and almost five months!), though I’m not yet sure exactly what form that will take! I used to have a blog in the public domain, but it made me quite self-conscious after a while and started to encroach upon my family life – no good! So now I’m thinking maybe a Shutterfly album – with captions! – for each year.

This week’s column was very touching and inspirational at the same time! Thank you!

]]> By: Mary DeTurris Poust https://notstrictlyspiritual.com/life-lines/finding-long-lost-memories-dresser-drawer/#comment-4607 Sun, 09 Mar 2014 14:59:35 +0000 https://notstrictlyspiritual.com/?p=3626#comment-4607 In reply to Shelly.

Oh, that sounds wonderful. How I wish I’d saved more of these letters.

]]> By: Shelly https://notstrictlyspiritual.com/life-lines/finding-long-lost-memories-dresser-drawer/#comment-4606 Sun, 09 Mar 2014 00:48:09 +0000 https://notstrictlyspiritual.com/?p=3626#comment-4606 What a treasure. My father was the family scribe and wrote to me weekly after I left home. His letters are scattered in cookbooks, journals, drawers, pockets etc, never to be thrown away and always a gift to find.

]]> By: Susan Peters https://notstrictlyspiritual.com/life-lines/finding-long-lost-memories-dresser-drawer/#comment-4605 Sat, 08 Mar 2014 18:34:08 +0000 https://notstrictlyspiritual.com/?p=3626#comment-4605 This is beautiful, Mary. How wonderful to have this chance to reread her words and feel her touch in your heart once again.

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