Organization Progress Since Covid 19

Susan Olsen LeBlanc 30 January 2016 I finally unpacked the last three uhaul boxes in my office. What a great feeling that is. That leaves me with a 2'x2' stack of papers from multiple ancestral families that need to be sorted. There are serious documents in there and I can hardly wait to start sorting. This has taken me years to accumulate and then I never had the time to really utilize what was found. This is a must do project before I leave my research to someone else. There are still boxes for other projects: five boxes of family pictures from 1992, ten albums to be redone from magnetic picture albums; about twenty boxes of children's school work to go through; about twenty tubs of my mother's things; postcard collections to be sorted and put into notebooks. This will not all happen right away, but making progress is about moving forward and that is what I am feeling right now! 30 January 2022 Progress made in six years. Stack of papers sorted and filed in tote for next step. Finished ten picture albums now in new albums. Six to go. Finished sixteen boxes of children’s school work. Four to go. Finished fifteen tubs of my mother’s things. Five to go. Finished all postcard collections. Yet to do five boxes of family pictures. That is 27 out of 56 albums, boxes and totes completed. About half way done. Most of this was done after Covid 19 came about. I gave some of our children their picture albums and school work!

Speaking Spanish

Sometimes when I am speaking in Spanish it is quite a challenge. Tonight when I called a good friend it was like the words flowed from me. This dear friend entered the United States from Mexico with the help of a sponsor. The sponsor was not very helpful to her and her husband and five children. For forty years this family has been dedicated to being self-supporting. They have crossed many hurdles along the way. Her birthday was this week and I wanted to wish her a happy birthday. She is the most genuine person I have ever met. After a busy week with five medical appointments this moment in time for me was a reprieve from worldly cares. We have passed milestones together. We are kindred spirits and forever sisters.