Purpose of this blog
This blog provides a view into the very special life and valiant passing of Larry C. Jamison in 2018. (Items are in no particular order, but just as I think of things and am able to write about them).
Last month I wrote a post about my project of scanning my father-in-law's Air Force Papers. You can read it here:
https://jamisonsomewhereintime.blogspot.com/2019/01/sharing-pilots-treasured-cabin-bag.html. After scanning the papers that were stored in the pilot's "satchel", I printed each page and prepared 3-ring binders to distribute to my husband's six children, his half-brother, and his nephew.
Yesterday, my nephew received his notebook as a Valentine's Day gift. His wife graciously made a video of him as he opened his gift and sent it to me. That was MY Valentine's Gift! In a thank you note I received from him afterward, he expressed the fact that several weeks ago he had expressed to his wife that he often wondered what his grandfather did during World War II. And here within weeks of expressing that concern, he received the collection of Air Force Papers that revealed all those details about his grandfather's WWII service.
In addition to sending my nephew the 3-ring binder of papers, I sent him this collection of old newspapers that were published in the home county of my father-in-law, his grandfather. You can read my blog post about them here:
https://jamisonsomewhereintime.blogspot.com/2019/02/my-88-year-span-of-heirloom-newspapers.html
Again, as a coincidence, or actual prompting from my late husband, I sent these antiques to my nephew shortly after he had expressed to his wife a desire to know more about the hometown and county of his father and paternal grandparents and great-grandparents. Since I don't believe in coincidences, I choose to believe it was my husband, Larry C. Jamison, who prompted me in love to send these family heirlooms to his nephew. It's gratifying to know that they've been received in the same Spirit that they were sent, that Spirit of sharing and loving our family, our heritage, and honoring our beloved ancestors.
This 1950s "satchel" held 354 pages of Air Force papers that belonged to my husband's father, Lt. Col. L. R. Jamison, who served in the United States Air Force 1939-1959.
It's been safely tucked away in our closet for the 24 years that Larry Jamison and I were married. I resurrected it after my husband's November 13th death and scanned the contents. I also printed hard copies of each page and have assembled a 3 ring binder with those pages.
In fact, I've prepared, in the past week, 8 binders so I can offer one to each of his children and one to his half-brother. I have a copied binder, as well as the original, treasured keepsake.
When I hold it and explore the contents, I truly feel like I'm holding the hand of my father-in-law. And at the same time, giving him a tight hug out of the pride and respect that I hold for him.
