Dear Grandmother Marilla

 I don’t know how many of your current living descendants know of you and of your experience of losing all 3 of your first three babies, but I do and I wouldn’t be much of a family historian or geneology researcher if I didn’t care about my ancestors.  What I learned and feel in my heart is that I have truly awesome 3x Great Grandmother.  I feel as though I can feel your love that reaches right through life and death and the generations that separate us.