Learning mindfulness from Mom

Mom's schedule of furniture that Dad inherited from Kalkval

The more I dip into our legacy of letters and notes from the family, the more I appreciate the effort that my mother made to be mindful of this legacy. She preserved the story of Dad's family history by researching and creating the Wedderburn Book. She also was careful to document the special items that she and Dad valued like the jewellery, vases, paintings, silver and furniture.

Our homes are dotted with these special things and I know that my sisters love their pieces as much as I do. Even Shawni has a dressing table and some of her Nan's art in her home in Wellington, New Zealand.

This is one of my mother's lists. I found this photo of Shawni sitting on the Queen Anne chair that Mom had documented. The chair has pride of place in my hall next to the kist I inherited from my mother's Mom.

I have taken this mindfulness on board.

I have started a word notebook with photos and the story as best I know it behind my inheritances. This ancestral blog has gotten me involved with the generations that have gone before, it has been a remarkable journey of insight and discovery. I am loving it all.