Treasure Case – v8

Family memories

scraps and treasures

preserved on shelves

or behind panes of glass,

some hanging frozen

there on the walls;

A treasure trove

captured images of our past

of our families, together,

most without note, provenance,

many generations, branches,

covered in dust, in cobwebs.

So many will be lost with the passing

of the matriarch, her memory

of the things, their deep meaning

knowing, remembering, how they matter

each one special, precious to her, to all of us.

Who they originally belonged to,

where they had journeyed in life,

the hands into which they passed

all of her memories;

Triggers of stories, feelings,

smell, touch, connectedness

through the generations,

the living of our family

framed, saved, treasured

kept for a reason

these living pieces of us.

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edited March 21, 2015

Treasure Case – v8

(editing version 4)

edited March 21, 2015

Treasure Case – v7

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/treasure-case-v7.html

(editing version 6)

edited February 14, 2015

Treasure Case – v6

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/02/treasure-case-v6.html

(merging edits to version 4 and original)

edited February 12, 2015

Treasure Case – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/02/treasure-case-v5.html

(merging edits to version 4 and original)

edited October 10, 2014

Treasure Case – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/treasure-case-v3_10.html

edited October 10, 2014

Treasure Case – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/treasure-case-v3.html

edited August 3, 2014

Treasure Case – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/08/treasure-case-v2.html

June 1, 2007 20:32

Treasure Case

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/06/treasure-case.html

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