Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Found

Sarah Lavinia Perkins Portrait from locket

I’d loved her name ever since I was a young girl…

 

Sarah Lavinia

…so romantic.  So lovely.  So very, very long ago….

Just a name on my pedigree chart.  My fourth great-grandmother.  Never an image to go with that beautiful name.

Until now.

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   While going through Ancestry.com for more information on the names I loved, a face emerged—a beautifully hand-painted face. 

My heart stopped…

Could it really be her?

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“Portrait painted for locket”, were the words written under her portrait.  The image was small, but perfect—and I was thrilled beyond belief!

And just to make sure that I never, ever lost Sarah Lavinia again--

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I put her in a locket of my very own. 

Found.  Found and loved….

Julie