A Familiar Name
Reading one of the letters, Emma’s eyes light on a name: Margaret Thompson. The names ring a bell in her mind; she had heard it from family stories but couldn’t pinpoint why. Could this suitcase have belonged to an ancestor?
Curious to know, Emma started comparing details from the letters and photographs with her known facts about her family history. She found many similarities between the woman in the letters and her great-grandmother Margaret.
This was a revelation-thrilling but also unsettling. It wasn’t just some random find; it was part of Emma’s own family history, long forgotten. For herself, as she opened it further, overwhelming needs for connections and fulfillment sprang forth from it.
