Where Hidden Lives Were Kept in Handwritten Letters
Some of the things they found included several old, handwritten letters, folded and tied by a ribbon. The letters looked fragile with thin paper and had yellow edges, yet they have been kept quite remarkably in that hidden space. As they carefully unfold one of the letters, they find that they are actually holding an essay from a different time written by someone from another era.
Reading the letters, you are in awe at the stories behind them. Some were love letters-written with all the passion and emotion. Others maybe some notes to friends or family discussing everyday events, dreams, and worries. Those words gave you a glimpse into who lived in the house and their personalities, aspirations, and challenges.
Letters filled the house with life for the couple, and the structure became a home full of memories and experiments that both of them had shared. They appreciated the intimacy of the words realizing they were getting something that had been hidden in closets all these years. The letters brought the past into the present as if they were a part of a larger storytelling, a matter of generations.
