I No Longer Want to Be the Keeper of My Family’s Past

I am ready to let go of this burden

My Great, Great, Great-Grandmother, seated — Photo from the archives of Beth Bruno

The past is a vast wilderness. If you spend too much time there you will find yourself hopelessly lost from your current life. The landscape is unchanging and unchangeable. It will always be the same, no matter how many times you go back there.