I was looking through pages I'd photographed from my aunt's old autograph book yesterday when I found this entry dated for today February 11.
It was written in 1938 and is a message from my mother Dorothy to her older sister Viola.
86 years ago, when the message was written my mother was 13 and my aunt was 15. I think this family photo shows them around those ages. My aunt Viola is on the left, and my mother Dorothy is on the right in the back row. They are wearing matching dresses.
My mother and my aunt have both passed away now. My mother more than a decade ago and my aunt just this past August.
In her autograph message, my mother says she will never forget her sister. After my Mom died I tried to carry on her promise to not forget her sister by visiting my aunt as often as I could and taking care of things for her.
Now that both my mother and my aunt are gone, I think probably the best way to keep the memory of the sisters alive and not forget them, is to try to do my best to show the same loyalty and love to my own siblings that my mother and my aunt extended to each other.
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A Generous and Kind Woman
Dorothy Marie Peters
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