Menda – great story! I have one to share with you as well that, as sad as it is, may give you another reason you’d find old pics at a garage sale. My grandma had boxes beyond boxes of pictures when she was alive and when she passed they were going to be left behind. My dad lives across the country, so he didn’t want them, and my aunts all said they had no room for all the boxes and didn’t want to take the time to go through the boxes, so they were going to just leave them to be trashed or taken by whoever came to clean the rest of her place. When I heard about this, I was so angry! I told them to hold them there for me and that I would drive up the 7 hours with my 2 little ones (and pregnant) to get the pics. I sent out a nasty email telling them how sad it was that no one in our family cared about our family history…I had several cousins that lived closer! But, they all complained about not having time and that the pictures were all old and black and white!!!! So of course, I have said boxes (these are not show boxes either – they are large moving boxes!) sitting in my craft room. Ive gone through about 7 of them and had them all scanned, but I have about 8 more to go! Your story inspired me to get to scrappin these family pics – they are my kids family history! Thanks again Menda…..that story gave me the kick in the pants to get going on telling our family history!
