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To: KLP who wrote (11254)	12/31/2011 1:01:11 PM
From: ManyMoose	4 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23934

I have a ton of old letters too. Back in 1989 I made a tape for Christmas and sent everybody in the family a cassette. It was just me playing recorded music I loved, reading some of my poems, and just talking as I drove to work. This year my sister resurrected it and made CDs of that and another that my parents made in 1982 in which they read some of those poems and Mom sang old songs, her voice still beautiful in her 70s, and a CD of my mother's singing dating from 1942 that she had recorded on 78 RPM records. I remember when she made some of those recordings and always loved them, but I had NO IDEA how beautiful her voice was until now after she's gone. I humbly believe that my mother could have had a career on the opera stage, but she chose a Marine and a family, and satisfied herself by singing in minstrel shows, church, and funerals. Hearing her singing "Oh Holy Night" is something I hope to do now every year for the rest of my life. I've toyed with the idea of making a Youtube thing out of it, but not sure how my siblings would take such a personal thing. You would be amazed, I'm sure. I wrote this poem for her many years ago: Mother's Choice, A Small Libretto The world offered opera A stage for her voice Lucky for us It wasn't her choice. My Dad always said, and we repeat to ourselves often: "We are lucky peoples." I am never more aware of that than when I see the wreckage of people and families on some of these reality shows that are popular right now.

To: KLP who wrote (11254)	12/31/2011 1:41:01 PM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23934

My biggest disappointment is my ancestors didn't save letters. I have a few letters written by my ggrandfather to his parents from the Oregon Territory, and one written back to him from his parents in Wisc, but even those are photo copies. Despite the fact my father was away serving in the military during the Korean War, I don't have one letter he or my mother wrote to one another. They fought like cats and dogs when he was home, so I suspect my mother burned them after one of their many arguments. I do have the Western Union telegram telling of me and my brother's birth that was sent to him in Tokyo, but other than that, there is nothing. I have some material things that were own by those who came before I....but the things I most cherish are the letters they wrote....with those, I feel that they actually touch me when I read them....