Mom and I found a drawer at my Gramma's full of family photos. They range from 1940 to 2002. It's my job to go through them all, scan them, and put them in a collection on the internet for the rest of my family. Going through them is bringing back such amazing memories. I want to cry seeing them all, but in a good way. There are so many of my Papal, who passed when I was 12.
I also found his discharge papers from the Navy. He was discharged in 1946. I found some pictures of him working on his ship, manning some weapon, and letters he wrote his sister while he was in the war. Reading them I really see how loving he was. It was a little like having him back, if only for a moment.
Finding this is like finding buried treasure to me. There are thousands of pictures. It's so amazing! So much family history. This is what's making me happy.
