A Hard Look at Nostalgia
As part of the (yet-untitled) family history project, my dad has digitized his mother’s writings, and is cleaning up the OCR. I hope to be able to share them with you in book form very soon; in the meantime, we keep coming across delightful little gems like this one, from my grandmother’s January, 1958 diary:
Why does a man speak of the ‘good old days’ – and their hardships – with such nostalgia, yet will work his fingers to the bone to insure his children against such an experience?
Mamie Lee Morrison Boone, I Could Write a Book
It’s an excellent question: Why do people do that?
J. A. Boone
Jennifer Boone (formerly Jennifer Busick) writes essays, short stories, novels, Bible studies, articles and books.
2 Comments
Barb Brown
Love family history, even other people’s families!
Jennifer
Hey Barb! This is going to be a multi-generational history, with books written by three generations of my family (not by me about them, but by them). I’m very excited about it. Watch this space!