Old Family Letters

A box of old family letters - mostly written to my Grandma Shirley and Grandpa Leland - has been circulating around my mom's sisters.  Lucky for me, the box of letters was at my parent's house this summer.  I could have spent hours (days?) reading through all of them.  Something I found really interesting was how many cards and letters my grandpa saved.  And I found those cards and letters to be the most fascinating.  There were a ton of "get well" cards addressed to my grandpa, while he was in the hospital with polio in 1952.  It's amazing that he lived through the iron lung treatments.

 I also enjoyed reading the humorous letters my grandma wrote to my grandpa while they were engaged.  In once letter, my grandma asked, "Does your mom enjoy reading my letters?"  Ha!  I also thought this Christmas check was pretty funny -