My great-aunt Marcella passed away today. She was 100 years old. She was my maternal grandmother's twin sister. My grandma (Mardella) has been gone for just over 13 years.
My memories of Marcella are all fun ones. Most of them involved her and my grandmother together - stubborn, German-decent women who had lots of opinions and shared them with everyone. They had great smiles and laughter and enjoyed family, friends and having a great time. Marcella was a teacher and worked as a florist (she did the flowers for my wedding).
And I got to thinking what all of the experiences, changes, and innovations she had witnessed over the last 100 years…and what wisdom she would impart as the we encounter the struggles of recent over education, technology, racial tension, government reliance, strained foreign relations, etc. Because she's lived war, the Great Depression, racial tension, government reliance, strained foreign relations, changes in education and technology.
Interesting…isn't it? Isn't this why we teach History? Or maybe we should take the time to talk to our relatives about historical events? How fun would it be to get a personal account of events as opposed to reading it out of a textbook?
Today I wish you a historical perspective.
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