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One of the shining delights of this trip to San Diego, and there were many, was a visit with my grandfather\u2019s cousin Muriel. She\u2019s our family historian, so seven months ago my sister, Hiram and I flew out to pick her brain.<\/p>\n

When this speaking engagement in San Diego materialized, along with a free guest ticket to the tea, I immediately invited Muriel. She immediately accepted the invitation. During the tea we didn\u2019t have much time to chat, but afterwards we went to a little coffee shop and spent a couple hours catching up with one another.<\/p>\n

In the seven months since we last met, the two Iranian immigrants Muriel had opened her home to moved out and are now in their own apartment. She\u2019s still enjoying the \u201cRead Through the Bible\u201d class she attends one evening a week at her church. She\u2019s also joined a writers\u2019 group where she\u2019s received valuable suggestions about how to expand and refine the biography she\u2019s writing about her grandparents, Fred and Tabitha Hess, who are my great-great grandparents.<\/p>\n

She hopes to pursue publication of the biography and the more than one hundred letters Fred wrote to Tabitha during his four year enlistment as a Union Civil War soldier. \u201cAnd if I don\u2019t get it published,\u201d she told me, \u201cit\u2019s still valuable mental exercise.\u201d<\/p>\n

Did I mention that Muriel is eighty-one years old? As she shared the unfolding events of her life, my admiration for this remarkable woman grew, along with my gratitude for her single-handed efforts in recording and saving our family history.<\/p>\n

After we said our good-byes and I watched her drive away, one thought came to mind. When I grow up, I want to be just like Muriel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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