You've invoked a possible reality that resonates with you, that makes sense to the storyteller in you as well as to the family member in you. Tiny snippets of family history tell only a part of the story, the bare facts of certificates, the wistful retold remembrances, and we each judge the teller and the telling based on our own experiences.
I imagine they would approve of your forget-me-not embroiderings around their lived experience. I think they'd appreciate the tale you are telling of them. I know I did!
You've invoked a possible reality that resonates with you, that makes sense to the storyteller in you as well as to the family member in you. Tiny snippets of family history tell only a part of the story, the bare facts of certificates, the wistful retold remembrances, and we each judge the teller and the telling based on our own experiences.
I imagine they would approve of your forget-me-not embroiderings around their lived experience. I think they'd appreciate the tale you are telling of them. I know I did!