The Journal

Letters, and the people who miss them.

Notes on grandmothers, memory, and the older voice that has gone quiet in most of our lives. Written alongside the letters themselves.

On grandmothers

She Didn't Fill It Out: Why Grandmother Memory Books Stay Empty

You bought the grandmother memory book. It's still mostly blank. Here's why that happens, how to actually get it filled in, and what you were really looking for.

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