"My dear one, once you have answered the call and walk with the ancients, there’s no turnin’ back. This responsibility—a gift—is unlike any other. You will have what you need. If darkness closes in on every corner, fear not, for you will hold fast to the light. In humble gratitude, you can and will lead the way. Honor and share, and leave room for that which is undreamed. Throughout eternity, may our souls not divide." ~ Abigail Hodgdon, June 17, 1878 ~ DOWN FROM THE TREE Etched in Granite Historical Fiction Series Book Three - COMING SOON! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So, you thought that you had said goodbye to Abigail? Well, in many ways, yes you did. However, there is a time that she glows in her mothering, the days in-between that did not fill the earlier pages. Many who we have come to know in the series, are not gone completely. No. They are recalled and remembered in the heart, spirit, eyes, and ears of a gifted young boy named Samuel.
Mj Pettengill, Author Etched In Granite Historical Fiction Series
Thanks for the comprehensive reply. There is a world of difference between being lost to history as un-named and being lost to history " re-membered" as you say. At least the option is there now for those related ( and others) to follow your lead .
Even though the digital world may preserve some memories against the will of some , it also will preserve the names at least for others to research . So it is all in the mind of the
reader . Such digital records will not be lost to a library fire or neglect!
Well, Smartierana-8, I don't actually think that your sense of loss was displaced. It is sad to think of the untimely death of many people - in this case, Abigail. In fact, one of the most common responses that I get relates to this sense of loss. I have to remind them that the book was inspired by stumbling across a cemetery with 298 numbered stones with no proper records in place. Hence, the journey began. Had these souls lived a different life, under what we perceive to be better circumstances, would they have been buried and forgotten as they were? So, even though I could have created an ending with unicorns, rainbows, and huge feasts, I did not. The…
It is fortunate that the powers of ressurection are offered by God to the active imaginations or creative humans. So my sense of loss at Abigail's demise was displaced?
I was sure it was genuine but pleased to have been wrong !