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I wonder how many of you shared this: During my Mom's illness, hospitalization crises and passing, I was in touch daily with friends by email. Tonight, I was going through old emails in hopes of cleaning my box - but found that those daily transmissions to friends - advising them of what had happened at hospitals, nursing home rehabs, and home care -- served as a better chronicle than any hospital record. So many details (important to me) - that even I'd forgotten - still safe in my "sent" or "save" box - retold Mama's illness and my heartbreaks, as I was losing her. If you still have those email records - depending on your experiences - don't be too quick to erase them. They will be significant in months / years to come.
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My situation isn't quite like yours. But yes keep the e-mails. In my case when my son passed I started journaling everyday. Partly because my memory was so bad at the time and then it just grew. I saved the journals and re read then on occasion it's a good way to see how far I have come from the initial shock. I wrote memories down and details of different things that were going on at the time. Now I sit with a box of Puffs Plus and my journals and I can have a good cry when I need to.
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I agree with all. I saved all the emails, I journaled. I even have the last few emails my sister sent me just days before she was murdered.
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