Thursday, February 23, 2012

Beyond Belated

Is there a statute of limitations on what would be classified a belated birthday card? 

Here's the story, yesterday I took Ryan and Natalie up to my parent's farm for the day and we had a great time!  Lots of visiting, baby cuddling and playing outside for Ryan and we were all zonked out when we got home.

My mom mentioned she had been going through some papers in her bedroom and happened upon this little card addressed to me......


What's particularly interesting about this card is that my Grandma Julia (actually my Great-Great Grandma) passed away in 1988.  A blast from the past indeed, so I opened it to find this -


Now where do I send this thank you note??
In 1988 I was 5 years old, but my mom isn't sure which birthday she gave this to me for, so this card and cash is somewhere between 23 and 27 years old!  Wow!  I have pretty limited memories of my Great-Great Grandma, but there's something about having a piece of her handwriting that just makes me happy.  :)

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

what an amazing find!!!

Michelle said...

That is so cool!!!!

Adventures with Claire, Jason, and Jonas!! said...

How fun to find this! Always so special to feel a connection to a loved one that has passed on---time sure does fly! Wonder what we were up to in 1988 as I was 5 too---playing dolls or going down the slide perhaps? Now we have kiddos that are getting close to 5! Crazy!