Category: Friday Family Stories
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Friday Family Stories
I have to be honest in this space, between the Pandemic crisis and all that has been surrounding it for us here in Massachusettes (College students home two months early, hubby working from home, strict stay-at-home orders, business disruptions and lots of mask making) the economic turmoil exacerbated by the crisis and the horrific…
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Friday Family Stories
This installment of Friday Family Stories is brought to you by the Triggs clan of Huntington, Indiana circa 1912, 1915 & 1917. I am so fortunate that my Grandpa Triggs put together a book of family stories and photographs years ago so that we can enjoy them! I have a large trove of…
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Friday Family Stories
Hello everyone and Happy Friday! I don’t know about you but when the weather turns in New England, my thoughts turn towards the indoor projects I’m going be working on over the looooooong New England winter. This winter, I’ll be working on some projects for my immediate family (no, I am not done with the…
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Friday Family Stories
Hello and Happy January! I hope the new year is treating you well so far. This long weekend here in Boston, we are getting ready for our first real snowfall of the season. The snowblower has been gassed up, firewood has been brought in and snow shovels are at the ready! It’s going to be…
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Friday Family Stories
It’s the last Friday in November… 4 more Fridays and then it’s on to the new year! Hard to believe it’s almost that time but the last of the turkey has been eaten and the Christmas decorations are making their way down from the attic. This weeks Friday Family Story theme is shopping (fitting right?)…being…
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Friday Family Stories
Last week I took a hiatus on the blog to drive out to attend my little sisters wedding celebration ! This week I’m back with a new story… which has me feeling all the feels since these two little girls will be going off to college next year… The text reads: June 2004: Boston Public…
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Friday Family Stories
Todays Friday Family Story goes way back, 82 1/2 years if we’re counting, to a photo of my mom as a little girl. The text reads: My mom, at 2 1/2 years old. Today would have been her 83rd birthday. I am so very very lucky to have multiple photo albums full of pictures…
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Friday Family Stories
The Friday Family Story this week delves several years further back into the archives for my favorite photo from a visit with Dad to the lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine near where my sister lives. Text reads: “Grandpa was visiting New England, and of course we had to go see some nautical sights…
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Friday Family Stories
This fall here at Modern Memorykeeper, I’m are embarking on a blog series I’m calling “Friday Family Stories”. Each Friday I’ll be sharing a family photo and the story that accompanies the photo to encourage you to tell your family story. Whether you are the keeper of the family archives (hand raised here), you’re…
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