I have always figured that If my house burned down I wouldn't grab anything to save except for the cats, but since my grandmother passed away it has changed.
My Grandmother from the first memory I have had a picture hanging on the wall in her room. The picture was of my great-great-grandmother at the age of 13. I have alwasy thought it was enchanting and loved it. For many years befor she passed away my grandmother told me that the picture looked like my cousin Josaphine so that she should have it when my grandmother passed away.
After Grandma passed I lived at her house cleaning and packing up her things. One of the last things we packed were the items designated for particular members of the family. So I gently lifted the picture off the wall and handed it to my father. He almost imediately burst into tears.
My grandmother had... some time long ago (befor her handwriting got bad) written "To my darling Rhonda, your great-great-grandmother Girtrude Winnifred Rouse in her 13th year" I burst into tears also. I can't imagine ever loosing this picture.
I now would grab the cats and the picture of my gggrandma
My Grandmother from the first memory I have had a picture hanging on the wall in her room. The picture was of my great-great-grandmother at the age of 13. I have alwasy thought it was enchanting and loved it. For many years befor she passed away my grandmother told me that the picture looked like my cousin Josaphine so that she should have it when my grandmother passed away.
After Grandma passed I lived at her house cleaning and packing up her things. One of the last things we packed were the items designated for particular members of the family. So I gently lifted the picture off the wall and handed it to my father. He almost imediately burst into tears.
My grandmother had... some time long ago (befor her handwriting got bad) written "To my darling Rhonda, your great-great-grandmother Girtrude Winnifred Rouse in her 13th year" I burst into tears also. I can't imagine ever loosing this picture.
I now would grab the cats and the picture of my gggrandma