Dispatches from a Porch Swing

Dispatches from a Porch Swing

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“Still, the older the picture is, the more I want to hold on to it.”

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Jen Deaderick
Oct 03, 2023
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I’ve been sorting through family pictures for weeks. When my aunt was getting to move to assisted living, I brought all her pictures to my house. Many of her pictures had been her mother’s pictures — my grandma — and her mother’s mother’s pictures — my great-grandma. This is my father’s family, so there were lots of pictures of him, from baby on up. And…

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