Ask Amy: Readers respond to saving old letters
My mother treasured these letters for 70 years.
I never read all of them, and didn’t want to. They weren’t all sweet and rosy.
There were miscarriages, extreme financial hardships, and family turmoil.
These letters were personal, private correspondences between my parents.
When my parents passed, they were both cremated and buried in the same vault, along with their love letters. It was the perfect ending.
– At Peace
Dear Amy: Maybe “Upset Daughter’s” mom considers these letters too personal for someone else to read.
I and my husband of 45 years have saved nearly three years of correspondence from the years prior to our moving in together.
Even though I haven't read them in ages, I know some are "racy," and all are very personal!
Though it might be interesting to read the love letters of a gay couple from that time period, I'm not sure I want my nieces and nephews reading these emotionally intimate letters.
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