In my previous posting I mentioned a lonely grave and letters I had received from my half sister's estate.
This is my father's first wife and a touching letter she wrote to him. I believe she had cancer and had spent some time in a different town getting treatment. She died aged 52 in 1933. The letters aren't dated. Her name was Annie Pourie ( an old Scottish name,) but was known as Nancy.
Three good things:
1. The photo was taken on 1/1/1900 when she was 20. Good photo.
2. Managed to get the reflected light out of this photograph after about 20 tries!
3. Lovely warm day - 25degC!
isn't that letter just romantic? well, the tragedy of her sickness is masked with the romantic mood of the letter. very few people can find such devotion these days from their spouses or partners. did they have children that you knew of? very nice processing.
whew. Romantic...but haunting. To look at her eyes and read those words. Wow. Blew me away. They surely did know how to write a love letter back in the day.
A truly fabulous item of family treasure ! How very romantic obviously masking her own pain and wanting him to understand her love for him ! A beautiful image Maggiemae !
A wonderful testament to your father maggiemae, he must have been a kind & excellent husband.....very sweet letter thT speaks volumes about their love for each other. She has a sweet face, poor girl to die as young as that .....she must have been missed very much.
@happypat Its a completely new story to me, Pat! Its like opening a new book on the past! I feel that my father must have suffered so much with her death but we never knew!
I had to position the camera in different POV's, Nancy until I saw there was no reflection. There was a bit on the lower left corner which I blurred out but still wasn't perfect. Hello, Nancy - from the sender of this letter!!!
Not only romantic, but such evidence of what love really can be when it remains steadfast through hard times. What a wonderful man your father must have been to have received this letter. Thanks so much for sharing it, and the photograph with that loving expression.
@tristansmum It puts another side on to my father knowing this - to me he was just an older man who worked very hard at being a solicitor, poked me in the back if i slouched and occasionally chased me up the stairs!
This really is a priceless treasure! Sometimes these treasures present more questions than answers, but in a way they also add a little more depth and understanding to who we area and where we come from. It sounds like your father was a man who loved deeply, not once but twice.
