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Amy Hayes: Daily Blessing's avatar

This was a fascinating piece! I’ve had a similar experience as a young person going far into the country in south-western Virginia to visit a similar family cemetery up on a mountain ridge, of my great-great’s (which also dates back to the Civil War). The old family farm up on the Ridge was divided up among the family members many years ago, and eventually a small piece came to belong to my parents … who then offered it to me. So I now own a small sliver of mostly useless property, just off a major highway, on the complete opposite side of the country from where I now live. We pay a small amount of property taxes on it every year and in this way I cling to a tiny piece of my heritage and my ancestor’s old family property. Your experience which you shared was very relevant! Thanks for sharing!

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James Hider's avatar

Great story Erik. It is always good to reflect on the lives of our family members who came before us - how different their life would have been, how similar.

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