Deb's Little Blue Box
Special Delivery from Privas, France
Perhaps you remember my
post from New Years Day 2014. I sat down with a cup of cocoa and opened
up the "Little Blue Box" in which I had stored all my tidbits and treasures for the year. With great excitement, I read notes & emails, records of special
happenings, and anything I had deemed noteworthy at the time...
...Yesterday I got
a very special delivery. It was an envelope from France and its
contents were definitely "Little Blue Box" worthy. It was such a wonderful surprise from Claudette. She included a 20-30 year old postcard from Privas with a hand-made onionskin key to the various pictures and locations. Of special interest was the location of her home which was my great-great grandparents' home. She sent a postcard of cute little goats and on the back was her own story of taking care of goats when she was a little girl (carefully handwritten and painstakingly translated from French into English). Most of all, I love the little package of dried "mimosa" with the note that said, "for the small blue Box!" I have to tell you, it made me cry!
These are some pictures I took of Claudette's home when we visited her last spring. Knowing this was our family's homestead many, many years ago, she graciously invited us to visit. We had a wonderful afternoon with her, her husband, and son. They gave us a tour, told stories and served a delicious homemade cake with juice and coffee. It was a special day where some wonderful memories were made. And now ...the story continues.
