Great Aunt Eva’s topaz ring
by Elouise
Great Aunt Eva’s topaz ring
Aunt Margie’s wooden jewelry box with drawers
Mother’s dainty embroidered handkerchiefs
Faded photos from years long gone
Fragile connections to my past and present
Links to times and people I knew
Reminders that I’m not alone
And what will remain of me –
What left-behind bits and pieces carry
Hints of the woman I was and now am
Woven into lives of family, friends and strangers
Lives that touched mine giving and taking
Hints of pasts we scarcely remember
Reminders that we are not alone
With gratitude for all who have left marks on my life. Memories, greeting cards, notes, photos, comments on academic papers and blog postings, my piano teacher’s pencil notes in my piano books, a small Celtic cross from a friend when a family member died, and on and on. Each a gem and reminder that we’re not alone.
©Elouise Renich Fraser, 30 June 2019
Image of old Valentines found at etsy.com
Telling the Truth 
I haven’t collected much in the way of things to give to people after I’ve gone. Maybe that’s why I write a blog. But it was a really good day when I first reached your blog and we became friends. I saw my doctor the other day and he told me to be prepared to be alive and annoying people for another ten years or more. I’ll keep following.
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With luck I’ll miss most of that
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So I’ve noticed. It isn’t luck you have been noticeably avoiding my blog for quite some time.
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Great good news! I think… Let’s just say you’re one of the best annoyers I’ve ever known! Thanks, John. 🙂
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Oh so powerful are the gestures we make, cards, small gifts, to let someone know we value them. Do they say more about the giver or the one to whom they’ve been given? Who can say? What is certain is that hearts are warmed and minds are encouraged.
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Great comment, Marilyn. Thanks so much. I’m always moved by the little stuff and my memories of the people who were behind them.
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