I talk a lot about my family of origin, which is half of Sarah, but I’ve hardly touched on Max’s family background at all. Max’s parents were really a whole generation older than my parents. His dad Leonard was born in 1918, and Max’s grandfather died from the Spanish Flu before Max’s dad was born.… Continue reading Legacies
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Memorials
Unfortunately we are limited to 32 total characters by the Parks Foundation for the plaque for Sarah’s memorial park bench, so my planned enscription that she will be remembered in winter, spring, summer, and fall, however poetic, has to be shelved and abbreviated. I can’t even squeeze in one season after her full name and… Continue reading Memorials
Legacies
We were never expecting Sarah would marry or have children (although she definitely had a way of surprising us) but now that she’s gone, our line ends here. There are multiple grandchildren and even great-grandchildren on both sides of our family so it’s not as if our families will stop existing. Max and I are… Continue reading Legacies