MOC January 23rd: If This Walls Could Talk

This was my great grandmothers childhood home. 14 kids grew up in this house. Some moved out as adults or were sent away to work and had their own children as siblings were being born. I do not know when the Wade family left the house for good, but this trip back home in 1940 must have been full of wonderful memories as they went to see the old empty homestead and photograph it.

Journaling
No one would know I once
heard the laughter of 14
children, 12 survived,
born from 1890 until after
the first Worlds War. A
fun loving family, full
of pranksters and jokers.
They were hardworkers and
were very close to eachother.
They left me one day and
were gone for a very long time.
I sat empty and alone.
They returned one day in
1940, during a family visit.
It was nice to see them all
grown up, with their own
chidren and grandchildren.
I am so happy to see them
together once again, to see
them thinking about me
with full hearts.

Credit to:
Allison Pennignton Word to your mother cliff notes
Dawn Inskip stacked collage
Just Jaimee messy stamp dates
paula Kesselring Antique papers
Sara Gleason Fortis
Little Butterfly Wings Jun 16 add on