My father and his siblings had many stories about their adulthood lives that were told and retold at reunions, weddings, funerals, and holiday gatherings: marriages formed, children born and raised, livings earned, lives lived and ended. These were all adulthood stories. But what about their childhood? What were those stories? They were the untold stories,…
Author: Monica Taylor
A Cedar Chest Holds Family Treasures
As a little Minnesota farm girl, I loved to explore the outdoors, but I loved even more exploring indoors by going through boxes on closets shelves, seldom-used drawers, and Mom’s cedar chest. Mom paid little attention to my treasure hunting as she was kept busy on the farm, as well as taking care of us…