Robin Fivush

So when I married my husband, unfortunately, both of his parents died relatively young, and he neither was alive when I met him.

So I never had the opportunity to meet either one of them.

But when we got married, he was able to give me his mother's ring.

His mother's name was Annie Lester.

And...

He has a fairly large and very good storytelling family.

So I have been enmeshed in stories about Paul, his father, and Annie Lester, his mother, and everybody has these fabulous stories.

But I never got a chance to meet them.

But through this ring, I feel connected to his mother.

And his mother was, she was a wisp of a woman who was a force of nature.

She also was very wild in her teenage years, settled down, and was just fiercely loyal to her family.

And anybody who did any kind of threatened harm to her family got a lesson from Annie Lester.

She had a sharp tongue and wasn't afraid to use it.

She was stubborn but unbelievably loving.

And I just love those characteristics.

So I feel connected to her even though I've never met her.

Stories carry a connection even when that person is no longer there.

And that connection for me with Annie Lester is a connection of love and compassion so that I can still feel that love and compassion even when the person is no longer there.

Thank you.

I really enjoyed it.