Keeping Memories Alive
By Diane Neil, High Desert Branch
Our friends and relatives who lost everything in the Paradise fire are now resettled in other areas.
With the help of FEMA, the Salvation Army, relatives and charities, they have been provided with clothing, furniture, and the necessities of life.
But sometimes it’s not the necessities that mean the most to people.
We spent a considerable amount of time copying family pictures we had for a niece who had lost all of hers. My sister-in-law was elated when several little statues, dishes and mementos were unearthed.
None of the items had intrinsic value, but all of them were priceless to her.
Sometimes it’s the little things that mean the most to us and tug the strongest on our heartstrings.
This touching essay first ran in
the March 2019 CWC Bulletin.
Diane Neil’s works appear frequently
on socalwritersshowcase.com.