Tag: Orah Myrtle Smith

Indecision & decision

by karenlee • August 11, 2018 • 14 Comments

On the fence You know how sometimes it’s easier to not do anything when you don’t know what to do? That has been exactly the case. Indecision has been my companion, but I’ll get back to that. I love family history, and I’ve been trying to sort the piles of documentation our family has collected…

History, Inspirations

Hazel de Helen

by karenlee • May 1, 2017 • 36 Comments

She stood all of 4′ 10″ and weighed 110 pounds. She was my father’s aunt but was more like his second mother. When I recently found a box with her name on the outside I felt my heart twist. Dad became her power of attorney. He passed 11 years ago; now those records sit at…