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 From blog Damsel In Dior
 
 Finding ShimmerMy grandmother was a genealogist, a historian, a collector of things she found meaningful and a story teller. When I left for college at age 18 she gifted me with a beautiful  sparkly  opal necklace that her husband had once given her. When she left this world at age 90 she gifted her family with meaningful mementos. 
    
     
 Granny left behind a big box filled with  hundreds  of love letters between she & my grandfather pre, during and post WWII. Each note was written during their courtship, as they got engaged and in the earlier years of marriage. I have been working on transcribing the near 200 letters in hopes of having it completed by the holidays. 
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