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Alison Fairbanks's avatar

Hello, Dear Ann! My workload the past couple weeks has left me with a wonderful line-up of Sunny Optimists to read! This was so much fun. Hearing you sing...I see why you are called StarSong. You have a lovely voice, indeed! I am so lucky to have had a grandmother who loved to write (and who also was in a touring band during America's Great Depression). She left us all the stories her father told her when she was a little girl. Such a treasure. She also wrote about growing up in a house that was part of the underground railroad. The family in the home before her time sheltered runaway slaves from the South. I'm so glad these stories won't be lost. You've inspired me to start a book of my own...another volume in our big library of life. Huge hugs to you today!!

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Ann Roberts's avatar

Hello Alison - This is me now in catch up mode. Thank you for your kind words and for being there for/ with me. Yes Yes to capturing these memories. You remond me of I think the movie The Green Book which touched me very deeply. Perhaps we could have a conversation about this - I feel there is more to be revealed for me around this appreciation.

Thank you :)

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Richard's avatar

Sorry for typo at end of my comment just now!

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Richard's avatar

Hello Ann. It’s impossible to know how vast those libraries are and when anyone passes away scores and scores of beautiful books are lost forever. One can only do their best and try to transcribe as much of ones inner thoughts on to paper for future generations. Out of the thousands of incredible books that must be in my parents’ thought- libraries I cherish the belief that I inherit a few. Both in my own imaginative ability and also quite literally in the cds of their voices they have recently recorded for me. My father reciting his favourite poetry. This will be beautiful forever. For my niece and nephew to remember. My parents are in their eighties now... what they have given me Is the perpetual longing to discover the unknown books. Find the lost and unwritten books. Sometimes from the depths of our own consciousnesses. There must be thousands. And perhaps even a few pages. Lovely illustrated drawings and prose always so near the surface to be captured hopefully forever on paper. Let’s try all of us to rescue those lost books of the imagination and make the thoughts stories and adventures available to future readers die as long as possible

Sending kindest best wishes

Richard 😀

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Ann Roberts's avatar

Hello Richard. Yes I love the vastness you speak of, reminds me of the Akashic Record which holds all of our libraries so they are never truly lost, I realise as I read your words. Mmmmmm. You touch into something primordial here, the collective consciousness of all. So much to celebrate and cherish. Thank you so much for being here with me, with us.

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Rach's avatar

Inspired by this, I have looked out my 30th Birthday Book that you made for me - looking forward to going through the pictures and memories from all my loved ones, captured forever in one place. Realise it'll be the first time I have gone through it since Grandad left us, and I'm so grateful that you managed to preserve his 'voice' for me xxx

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Ann Roberts's avatar

Dearest daughter Awe thank you. Yes, your birthday book was a true labour of love. He really did love your spiritedness LOL! So lovely to have your on this journey with me. It was such fun to go back through our photograph box, so many happy memories Your ever loving Mum

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