Cry at work?

Well, I didn't, but I did come close.

Ya see - my mom called me at work to say a package had arrived in the mail for me from Uncle Larry. My mom's Uncle Larry that is ~ my Grandpa's brother. I asked my mom if she had opened it. No, she replied, would you like me to? And I said sure - I was curious what had come from Uncle Larry.

She said she'd call me back in a few minutes as she had to open it.

So she called back and said it was some books. She read me the titles and they were books on family genealogy and my mom's father's family. She read me his letter, which he talked about his parents and his grandparents, giving me names and birthdays and other information I had been searching for. That almost brought a tear to my eye.

And then she starts reading the part of the letter where Uncle Larry talks about his WWII service. How he was with the 36th Infantry Division, served in Italy and then the invasion of southern France. He got injured and returned to the US, was discharged with a medical disablity.