My Keepsakes

Since I have begun working on my family history book again, I have come across more keepsakes. For decades, I have kept birthday cards. When the birthday week is over, I just cannot throw away cards from people I love. I cannot see their sentiments and handwriting be tossed into the basket. They get put in a pile and stashed into a drawer. And that is where they have remained for 40 years. I opened them this weekend and put the most meaningful ones into my family book. I have postcards from my grandparents along with them. Handwriting is a reminder of the sentiments that people wished for us and makes the person live on forever in our hearts.