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| Kathy meets her grandfather for the first time |
If she looks angry, she is. Just as she was asking her grandfather silently in thought, "Why didn't you care", totally oblivious to her surroundings, her husband snapped this picture .
Through my research, I learned he did care, very much. This knowledge made me and my mother less critical of him.
No, he wasn't perfect and he made personal mistakes, but then again no one is perfect. But a hard life during the depression does have a profound impact on people. Feelings of hopelessness, frustrations and failures I now know he endured.
Genealogy has a way of discovery that can and do heal wounds of the heart. Happy that I could bring some peace and understanding to my mother, allowing her to better understand her father.
