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» Migisi - Yesterday and Today

In response to Yesterday and Today posted by paper_turtle:
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I know you've been dealing with this for a while and I'm sorry for that. I wish I had words of comfort. Let me tell you a story instead...
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My Uncle Herman and his wife Marie were childless. My family would share every summer with them at their cottage in Wisconsin. Uncle Herman loved us five kids. He taught us everything he knew about the wild world, how to build a birch bark canoe, how to swim, where the best rasberries could be found, how to fish and bullfrog hunt. I loved him. When I became a teenager, well, I stopped going to the cottage. Boys and work, dontcha know. I never saw my Uncle Herman again. My sisters went to visit him when he was 107 years old. A big party for the oldest man in town. His caretaker brought out his wallet, pulled out a picture, and asked my sisters who this lovely girl was who Uncle Herman loved so much and talked about constantly. Herman didn't remember her name. Well, Paper, (me choking up a little here)... it was MY senior year picture I'd sent him. Names and faces can be forgotten, but love between people is forever.
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-- posted by Migisi