This is going to be brief. Ir’s part of a letter from my Grandmother Eloise in Chicago. I came across it while decluttering and although it’s a long letter, I found her last paragraph timely and thought you might find it interesting, too. Here goes:
“I am forgetting about the election and what it may mean. Things are bad and they are not going to get any better in the near future – many changes are going on that are revolutionary in their possibilities – and we find even the days and temperatures and the climates making drastic changes in a few years. We have had almost spring-like weather up to now [this was written in December] – just an occasional cold day – and not anything like real winter. It was the same last year and then one did not need a heavy wrap until after January and then I wore my fur coat only a few times. Also the days are longer for this time of year – it is an interesting time in the history of the whole world and in another 50 years there will be so many developments and changes in humanitarian values and interests that one will be amazed to look back – that is what I think. So I am content to let the world roll by, just making a little effort where I can to learn the A B C of things here and there.
But you are now wondering what about this I found so interesting. It’s the date. Grandmother wrote this to my father nearly ninety years ago on December 5, 1932. What is that saying: “the more things change, the more they stay the same”?
“What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again. There is nothing new under the sun. ” Ecclesiastes 1:9
Very true
Yeah. I thought it was pretty amazing.
Wonderful reminder.
Thanks, Robin.
Kathi
Yeah – Everything old is new again!
Well, what do you know… and nearly 100 years ago! I say, keep your Grandmothers’s letter!
Yep. I wonder what she would say if she could see us now.
Ah, the treasures one finds when decluttering.
I’d be pleased to have less to declutter, though.
Quite interesting. Thanks for sharing, Robin.
Almost could have been written last week. Election, climate, and whatever is going on with people in general.
Therefore keep watch. No one knows the day or hour
Yep.I wonder if back then tey thought it was the “end times.” No one knows!
This is a great share! Earth is just doin’ it’s thing!
I know. Amazing, huh?
Thanks for sharing. Did she experience the flu of 1919? How old would she have been when she wrote this letter. So interesting and glad you dad saved it.
She actually mentioned that she was 58, so yes, she would have lived through the flu. It’s interesting that “everything old is new again.”
THNX for sharing!
Interesting, huh?
Thanks for sharing, loved it!
Good to hear from you. I think Grandmother would be very surprised if she came back today — or maybe not.